Rutgers Jewish frat egged during Yom HaShoah ceremony for second year in a row

Published date29 April 2022
On Tuesday morning, Alpha Epsilon Pi's house was egged during a 24-hour reading of the names of victims of the Nazis. A similar egging incident occurred during their Holocaust Remembrance Day name reading ceremony in 2021, with the university issuing a statement that they were "deeply disturbed" by what occurred and by the harm it has caused Jewish students on campus

Days earlier, the fraternity was harassed on the seventh day of Passover when anti-Israel protestors drove to their building in a convoy waving Palestinian Authority flags. Once there, they parked in front and continued to wave the flags while yelling antisemitic abuse at Jewish students, including calling Jews "baby killers" and "terrorists."

"Rutgers Brothers were targeted when members of Students for Justice in Palestine congregated outside of our chapter house, chanting & encouraging violence," the fraternity tweeted.

Rutgers Hillel said that the targeting of Jewish students was "unacceptable," and said they were committed to ensuring that Jewish students felt "safe, respected and welcome on campus."

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