Cornell students to hold ‘Jewish Unity’ rally to fight rising campus antisemitism
NY Post
Students and faculty at Cornell University are holding a “Jewish Unity” rally on Sunday to protest rising antisemitism at the Ithaca campus.
The fight against antisemitism will come just days after engineering student Patrick Dai pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to kill Jewish students on campus last October.
“After the horrific 10/7 attacks, I expected an outpouring of support and solidarity when I returned to campus. Instead, I encountered dehumanizing rhetoric, support for the terrorists, and students being accosted on campus and threatened with intimidation and violence solely because of our Jewish identity,” Amanda Silberstein, one of the student organizers, said in a statement to The Post.
“We stand together to affirm that the Jewish community at Cornell will remain strong, steadfast, and resilient, and will not only survive but thrive, as the Jewish people have done so many times before us throughout history.”
A report card on campus antisemitism published by the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday gave the Ivy League a lowly “D” grade for combatting Jewish bigotry.
One of Cornell’s professors, Russel Rickford, said at a campus rally last year that he was “exhilarated” by the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel.
