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On late Sunday night, “Wanted” posters of University of Rochester leadership, faculty and employees were plastered across campus buildings on walls, floors, and chalkboards. The vandalism, tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has shocked many at the university.
The posters featured photos of those university community members along with text criticizing either their handling of the school’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza and Lebanon or their alleged ties to the Israeli war effort and settlement movement.
“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 said in a statement late Tuesday afternoon. “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.”
Mangelsdorf said UR’s Department of Public Safety is leading an ongoing investigation and “exhausting all available resources to collect evidence and hold those involved accountable for their actions.”
Several subjects of the posters are Jewish, prompting concerns of antisemitism from the university’s Hillel chapter. The university’s official statement made no mention of the incident’s ties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On late Sunday night, “Wanted” posters of University of Rochester leadership, faculty and employees were plastered across campus buildings on walls, floors, and chalkboards. The vandalism, tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has shocked many at the university.
The posters featured photos of those university community members along with text criticizing either their handling of the school’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza and Lebanon or their alleged ties to the Israeli war effort and settlement movement.
“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 said in a statement late Tuesday afternoon. “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.”
Mangelsdorf said UR’s Department of Public Safety is leading an ongoing investigation and “exhausting all available resources to collect evidence and hold those involved accountable for their actions.”
Several subjects of the posters are Jewish, prompting concerns of antisemitism from the university’s Hillel chapter. The university’s official statement made no mention of the incident’s ties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
