The College of Denver is investigating a spate of reported antisemitic incidents on campus over the past two weeks.
Denver College Hillel, a Jewish scholar group, mentioned in an Instagram submit that mezuzahs, Jewish ritual objects historically positioned on doorposts, had been “taken down and defiled” from the doorposts of three college students residing in campus housing, and one scholar had “pork merchandise glued to their door.”
College officers denounced the incidents.
“We need to be very clear that these acts are NOT acceptable inside DU’s group, and acknowledge the hurt that has been brought about to members of our group,” Todd Adams, vice chancellor of scholar affairs and inclusive excellence, wrote in a message to the coed physique, launched Tuesday.
Chancellor Jeremy Haefner shared an replace Thursday saying that the College of Denver’s Campus Security Division decided the incidents had been hate crimes below the Clery Act, which requires faculties and universities to report and report crimes that occur on campus. The campus Workplace of Equal Alternative and Title IX can be investigating the acts. The college plans to supply academic programming about antisemitism, and Haefner inspired college students to attend a Shabbat occasion co-hosted by Jewish scholar organizations and the college at present “to come back collectively and reaffirm our dedication to peace and to one another.”
“Within the wake of moments like these—moments that shake a group’s belief—the results are deeply felt by those that share the id of these focused,” Haefner wrote. “It is usually felt by those that know and love these people and by everybody working every day for a greater, kinder world. Allow us to cling firmly not solely to our beliefs but in addition to the information that this second doesn’t replicate who we’re or who we need to be.”
