Emhoff Visits New York’s Cornell University As He Seeks To Reassure Jewish Community After Threats

WASHINGTON: Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, met with college students and directors at Cornell University on Thursday to supply assist to the varsity’s Jewish neighborhood after threats of violence amid Israel’s conflict towards Hamas.

Emhoff, the primary Jewish partner of a nationally elected U.S. chief, met with the college president, chief of police and different directors, and hosted a roundtable with Jewish college students in the identical kosher eating corridor that was pressured to closed as a result of threats.

A Cornell junior was a arrested final month for allegedly leaving threatening messages on a Greek life web site unaffiliated with the varsity in Ithaca, New York. They included posts calling for the deaths of Jewish individuals and threatening to “shoot up 104 west,” a college eating corridor that caters predominantly to kosher diets and is subsequent to the Cornell Jewish Center.

The White House stated college students shared with Emhoff “their personal experiences and reactions to the threats of violence on campus” and that Emhoff “offered messages of hope and encouraged the students to take pride in their Jewish faith.”

Emhoff additionally mentioned the Biden administration’s work to fight antisemitism and safety in faculties and on school campuses, the White House stated.

The White House didn’t publicly advise about Emhoff’s journey prematurely, as tensions on school campuses throughout stay elevated over the conflict.

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