Officials at Ithaca College are investigating anti-Semitic vandalism that happened days ago.

On October 6th a swastika was discovered on a door beneath the Terrace Dining Hall. That’s where supplies are kept for the school’s Kosher Kitchen, according to the Ithaca Voice, who first reported the incident.

According to the person who reported the swastika – it had been there since August 2021.

“The Office of Public Safety is investigating the incident as a hate crime due to the location of the swastika and it being targeted specifically toward members of our Jewish community,” President La Jerne Terry Cornish wrote in a message to students. “While the person reporting it said that the symbol had been there since August of 2021, this news will understandably raise fresh pain and fear.”

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