Cornell engineering student charged in court in threats against Jewish students
Parents reportedly feared he was suicidal following a leave of absence for mental health issues
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Messages citing Hamas trigger action by FBI, New York’s governor and state police counterterrorism unit
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Fast Forward Antisemitic threats at Cornell shutter kosher dining hall as Jews hide in their rooms
University president condemns hateful messages and promises that those who posted them will be punished
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Culture Why is the name of ‘the most vicious antisemite in the English-speaking world’ still so prominent at Cornell?
The anti-feminist, Jew-hating screeds of Goldwin Smith would seem to be at odds with the school's College of Arts & Sciences
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Breaking News 3 Swastikas Drawn On Cornell Campus
Three swastikas have been reported in the student residential area of Cornell University in nine days. The most recent incident was a large swastika stamped out in the snow next to a dormitory on Monday night, the independent student newspaper The Cornell Sun reported. A swastika was drawn in a dorm on Nov. 14, according…
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Fast Forward Cornell Student Found Dead In Gorge Two Days Before Graduation
A senior at Cornell University in upstate New York was found dead in a nearby gorge on Friday, two days before his graduation ceremony. Avram “Avi” Pinals of Newton, Massachusetts, had planned to attend medical school at the University of Michigan, the Cornell Sun reported Sunday. He majored in biological sciences with a concentration in…
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News Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Her Own Words
On Judah Benjamin, who was the first Jew nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court but declined and instead became a leader of the Confederacy: “Jews come in all sizes and shapes, and some are very good and some are not so good.” On the need for the Equal Rights Amendment: “I have three granddaughters. I…
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Fast Forward Jewish Frat Punished For ‘Pig Roast’ Contest To Have Sex With Heaviest Woman
A historically Jewish fraternity at Cornell University was put on probation for two years after an investigation determined that members competed to have sex with the most women — with the tiebreaker going to the brother who slept with the person weighing the most. “The contest was referred to as a ‘pig roast,’” Cornell’s Office…
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