Photos Of Thousands Of Yeshiva University Students Appear On White Nationalist Website

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Yeshiva University's Mendel Gottesman Library (Wikimedia Commons)

New York – The photos of thousands of students and faculty of Yeshiva University appear on a white nationalist and anti-Semitic website.

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The photos were posted on the Vanguard News Network Forum, in a thread that mocked Jews’ for their appearance. The thread first appeared on June 3rd, 2018, and on June 27th, 2018, the first Yeshiva University students are posted, according to the YU Observer student newspaper. The most recent post of YU students was on Aug. 29.

The photos include images of YU high school students as well. They came from YU website and publications and albums, according to the report.

Some students have filed a report with the New York Police Department.

“Those photos are part of a much larger collection of images and commentary that includes anti-Semitic and racist language,” Josh Joseph, senior vice president of YU said in a statement on Friday. “The content of the online forum targeting members of our community is appalling and offensive. Targeting individuals on the basis of their religion, ethnicity or race is inexcusable. While this situation is obviously disturbing, our Security team has investigated and found no direct threat to the individuals appearing in the photos or to Yeshiva University.”

Brandeis University, which has Jewish roots, informed its students and staff last week that photos of some of its students and faculty members are posted to the same thread. The university said in a letter addressed to the campus community that it does not believe that there is a threat to campus safety or to the people in the photos.

(JTA)


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Rant
Rant
4 years ago

As much as I hate the so called far right. They are a few clowns.
The left is much much dangerous. From evil obumer harasha to Crazy Bernie to Warren they want to destroy this county and what it was build Upon.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
4 years ago

The answer is to ban free violent hate speech . Label the Nazis as a terror group . Free speech has no vice if ur leads to bloodshed

Simple logic
Simple logic
4 years ago

“violent” and “speech” are two very different things, and in order to protect the first amendment rights, we have to make sure they don’t get mixed together.

qazxc
qazxc
4 years ago

Another group of Very Fine People.