‘Wanted’ Posters Of Jewish Faculty Posted All Over University Of Rochester Campus

Last weekend, at the University of Rochester in upstate New York, hundreds of posters of Jewish faculty members emblazoned with “Wanted” were posted around the campus.

The posters, which revolved around Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, featured comments such as “ethnic cleansing,” “displacement of Palestinians,” “racism,” and “hate speech.”

BREAKING: The pro-Hamas students and faculty plastered the University of Rochester with wanted posters of Jewish faculty.

These faculty were not Israeli, they were Jewish. This is textbook antisemitism. Reform has never been more needed at American universities. pic.twitter.com/jdMzlHEAr7

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 12, 2024

“I want to be as clear as I can that the University of Rochester strongly denounces the recent display of ‘Wanted’ posters targeting senior University leaders and members of our faculty, staff, and Board of Trustees,” UR president Sarah Mangelsdorf stated on Tuesday, The Rochester Beacon reported. “This act is disturbing, divisive and intimidating and runs counter to our values as a university. Furthermore, several of those depicted appear to have been targeted because they are members of our Jewish community. We view this as antisemitism, which will not be tolerated at our University. This isn’t who we are. This goes against everything we stand for and we have an obligation to reject it.”

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“The university’s Hillel organization, which represents Jewish students, called the posters ‘deeply disturbing,’” CNN reported, adding that the Hillel director was one of the targets of the posters.

“Posters and displays affixed in this manner are unacceptable and considered to be vandalism to University property,” University Public Safety Chief Quchee Collins stated. “Any activities, including the placement of these posters, that disrupt our normal operations and classroom instruction will not be tolerated. Additionally, it seems that the goal of this vandalism is to intimidate members of our University community, which is an action that runs counter to our Meliora values.”

“No group has claimed responsibility for the actions,” The Rochester Beacon reported. “The Rochester Beacon reached out to UR’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, two groups that have spearheaded the protests on campus, but did not get a response.”