The Biden administration is taking steps to attack antisemitism on college campuses amid rising reports of anti-Jewish incidents, including threats against Jewish students at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
On Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a “person of interest” connected with the Cornell threats was in New York State Police custody for questioning.
The Anti-Defamation League says it is tracking a worldwide spike in antisemitic incidents since the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas and the retaliation by the Israeli military, including aerial bombing and a ground invasion into Gaza. The ADL’s Center on Extremism said reports of anti-Jewish harassment, vandalism and assault in the U.S. have increased by 388 percent over the same period last year.
