Tuesday, April 26, 2022
String of antisemitic incidents target Rutgers Jewish fraternity
A string of antisemitic incidents, which remain under investigation by Rutgers University police (RUPD), have targeted a Jewish fraternity at Rutgers University.
On the heels of an incident Friday, the Rutgers University fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) was egged by unknown perpetrators on Monday night or early Tuesday morning.
An egging also occurred last year at the same time — during the fraternity's annual 24-hour Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) reading of names of people who died during the Holocaust, said Rutgers Hillel Interim Executive Director Rabbi Esther Reed.
Members of AEPi called RUPD Friday afternoon after a separate antisemitic incident.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. Friday, several carloads of people carrying and waving Palestinian flags stopped in front of the AEPi fraternity house on Sicard Street. Fraternity house members said occupants of the vehicles "yelled antisemitic remarks, spit in their direction and threw miscellaneous items," Rutgers police said.
Epithets yelled by the perpetrators included "baby killers" and "terrorist," Reed said. Reed said the incident, which involved four cars, took place after a local chapter of the organization Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted a Friday afternoon rally called "Defend Al-Aqsa, Defend Palestine."
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