FBI investigating antisemitic threats targeting Cornell University's Jewish students, Biden 'very concerned'
The FBI said it's aware of antisemitic threats posted online targeting Jewish students at Cornell University. The FBI said it's investigating a potential antisemitic hate crime at Cornell University, as President Joe Biden told ABC News he is "very concerned" about the rise in antisemitism. Over the weekend, numerous threats to the Jewish community at Cornell were posted on a website "unaffiliated" with the university, Cornell University President Martha Pollack wrote in a letter to the community Sunday. The online messages posted Sunday threatened violence to the school's Jewish community, and specifically named the location of the Center for Jewish Living, where the kosher dining hall is located, Pollack said in her letter. One of the posts threatened to shoot Jewish student s on campus, another encouraged others to engage in violence aimed at Jewish student s, according to Cornell's student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun. MORE: As debate r...