Jewish Student at Temple University Punched At Pro-Palestinian Group’s Booth
The student is a member of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and a fellow with CAMERA, a pro-Israel media watchdog
(JTA) — A Jewish student at Temple University was punched in the face by someone at an informational booth for Students for Justice in Palestine.
The pro-Palestinian group condemned Wednesday’s assault and said the assailant was neither a student nor a member of the group, according to the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia.
A Jewish student approached the booth during a campus fair and allegedly was punched following a verbal exchange that included anti-Semitic slurs, the weekly reported. The student was taken to the hospital and subsequently released.
He is a member of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and a fellow with CAMERA, a pro-Israel media watchdog.
The Temple Hillel expressed “outrage” over the incident. Its director, Phil Nordlinger, told the Exponent that police did not arrest the assailant.
Temple’s Students for Justice in Palestine condemned the incident, “just as we condemn the violence that is committed against Palestinians by the state of Israel on a daily basis.”
However, it also asserted that the Jewish student had “harassed” its members, calling them “terrorists” and “Hamas.”
This story was updated in February 2025 to remove the name of the victim in the incident.
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