Metadata

• When: 2024-02-28

• Where: Barnard College

• Who:

• Organizations:

• Tags:

Description

Antisemitic and anti-Israel graffiti was scrawled in a number of Barnard restrooms, including on the first floor of Milstein building (photo1, photo2).

According to the video posted by the Faculty for Justice in Palestine on 2/28/2024, Barnard administration had some (but not all!) of the graffiti painted over without notifying anyone or making any statement about it.

This graffiti, which includes Nazi SS Bolts and “Resist by any means necessary” with an inverted red triangle that symbolizes targeting of Jews by Palestinian terrorists, is threatening to Jews and Israelis on campus. A Jewish-Israeli person affiliated with Columbia notified the 26th precinct of the police only to be advised that the police could not and would not do anything. Later the police advised that they were also notified by Columbia, even though Columbia made no public statement about the graffiti.

Including Nazi and terrorist symbology constitutes a hate crime and yet neither Barnard administration nor the police have done anything about it. This is in sharp contrast with an incident in 2018 when a police opened a hate crime investigation after a swastika was discovered painted on the walls of a Columbia building.

On the evening of 2/29/2024, students received this email (screenshot).

Media

• Links to related media coverage, social media posts, etc.

Social Media

• Relevant social media posts.

Footer

Please see the Footer page for important reference information regarding usage rights, inquiries, and other matters.