{"id":432514,"date":"2026-08-14T05:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432514\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T05:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:50:10","slug":"uc-san-diego-jewish-fraternity-vandalized-in-hate-crime-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432514\/","title":{"rendered":"UC San Diego Jewish fraternity vandalized in hate crime, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcf-editors-1.svg\" class=\"w-3 h-3 sm:w-4 sm:h-4 mr-2\" style=\"filter: brightness(0) saturate(100%) invert(27%) sepia(51%) saturate(2878%) hue-rotate(346deg) brightness(104%) contrast(97%);\" alt=\"\"\/>EDITORS&#8217; CORNER | <\/p>\n<p>ANTISEMITISM \u2022 LEGAL<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"560\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GenericPoliceLine.FranckReporter.Canva72-560x367.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-gray-600 mt-2 italic\">A photo of a generic police line; Franck Reporter\/Canva<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Jewish fraternity house in San Diego was hit with antisemitic graffiti both inside and out over the weekend in an incident police are investigating as a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The home was a private residence housing members of Alpha Epsilon Pi near University of California, San Diego. Swastikas and the term \u201cKKK\u201d were spraypainted on its walls, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/grcsoRdRnfE\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/grcsoRdRnfE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to images reported online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was not random. It was a deliberate act meant to intimidate Jewish students and to single out AEPi for who we are and what we stand for,\u201d the fraternity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db1c59VBsnx\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db1c59VBsnx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> on social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAEPi will not be silenced or deterred,\u201d the statement added. \u201cWe remain proud of our Jewish identity and values. Acts of hate will only strengthen our resolve to live openly and confidently as Jewish students on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/08\/11\/antisemitic-graffiti-spray-painted-on-jewish-fraternity-students-home-being-investigated-as-hate-crime\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/08\/11\/antisemitic-graffiti-spray-painted-on-jewish-fraternity-students-home-being-investigated-as-hate-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memo<\/a> to the campus community condemning the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo have a residence vandalized with swastikas and other discriminatory language is abhorrent and unacceptable,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe condemn this vile act, and will not accept hate or antisemitism toward anyone in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reward has been offered to help police arrest a suspect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCrime Stoppers, in partnership with the San Diego GLBTQ+ Historic Task Force and the Hate Crime Fund, is offering up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the case,\u201d NBC San Diego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/police-looking-suspects-after-uc-san-diego-jewish-fraternity-vandalized\/4059726\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/police-looking-suspects-after-uc-san-diego-jewish-fraternity-vandalized\/4059726\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/judge-tosses-justice-departments-antisemitism-lawsuit-against-harvard\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/judge-tosses-justice-departments-antisemitism-lawsuit-against-harvard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judge tosses Justice Department\u2019s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDITORS&#8217; CORNER | ANTISEMITISM \u2022 LEGAL A photo of a generic police line; Franck Reporter\/Canva A Jewish fraternity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-432514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}