Jewish University of Michigan official’s home, car vandalized; school says attack antisemitic

The home and car of a Jewish member of the University of Michigan’s board of regents were vandalized last night in what the US school says was an antisemitic attack.

Jordan Acker posts pictures on social media showing his wife’s car spray-painted with the phrase “Divest and Free Palestine” and the window of his home shattered after he said a mason jar was thrown at it in the middle of the night while his family was sleeping.

“This is the third time that I — and now my family — have been the target of these [Ku Klux] Klan-like tactics,” Acker writes on Facebook.

Acker has become a primary target of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student activists at the University of Michigan who have sought unsuccessfully to convince their school to cut all ties with Israel.

Earlier this year, Acker’s law firm was targeted by anti-Israel vandals. Police have yet to make an arrest in that case.

“We all need to call out this cowardly act attacking my family and my home for what it truly is — terrorism. And like we always do in this great nation when we’re confronted with terrorism — I will not let fear win. All this does is harden my resolve to continue to do the right thing for the University and the Michigan voters who elected me,” Acker writes.

In a statement condemning the attack, the University of Michigan calls it a “clear act of anti-Semitic intimidation.”

“This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. We call on our community to come together in solidarity and to firmly reject all forms of bigotry and violence,” the school adds.

In the early hours of the morning, the Free Palestine mob showed up to @UMich Regent @JordanAckerMI’s home, broke his window, vandalized his wife’s car, and terrorized his family. This is the third targeted attack against him since Oct 7th.

This must be called out far and wide. pic.twitter.com/hESVdUpTpU

— Adar Rubin (@rubin_a1) December 9, 2024