{"id":136460,"date":"2023-10-30T00:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=136460"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:45:02","slug":"jewish-students-door-set-on-fire-in-wake-of-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/jewish-students-door-set-on-fire-in-wake-of-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish student’s door set on fire in wake of Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Decorations on a residence hall door had been intentionally set on fire,’ according to the campus police department<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Jewish student at Drexel University was targeted in an apparently antisemitic incident just days after Hamas’s deadly terror attacks.<\/p>\n

An unknown assailant lit the student’s dorm room door on fire at the Philadelphia university.<\/p>\n

The College Fix<\/em> obtained an email the Drexel Public Safety Office sent to students the morning after the fire on the evening of Oct. 10, a few days following the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion. According to the email, the \u201cPhiladelphia Fire Department responded, and it was determined that decorations on a residence hall door had been intentionally set on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Drexel Public Safety daily incident report<\/a> lists the arson investigation as \u201cpending” as of Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Fix<\/em> reached out to DPS and the Philadelphia Fire Department twice for comment and to request incident report copies, but both declined. The Fix<\/em> reached out to DPS on Oct. 26 to ask whether the investigation is still pending. DPS referred The Fix<\/em> to media relations.<\/p>\n

Drexel University President John Fry issued an Oct. 11 statement<\/a> in reference to the incident.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we were made aware of a distressing situation that included destruction inside one of our residence halls,” Fry wrote. “Thankfully, no one was injured. … The investigation into this incident is ongoing, and we will update the community once it has concluded.”<\/p>\n

The Fix <\/em>reached out to Drexel University media relations via email on Oct. 12 and 25 for an update on the investigation. University media relations did not reply.<\/p>\n

The group Stop AntiSemitism reported<\/a> “an observant Jewish student\u2019s dorm room door was set on fire” in an Oct. 11 post on X.<\/p>\n

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Drexel University – an observant Jewish student\u2019s dorm room door was set on fire.<\/p>\n

No other door was vandalized and the student believed she was targeted due to her outspoken support of Israel.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. pic.twitter.com\/ifFDpLiEdg<\/a><\/p>\n

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n