Students charged in Syracuse Rosh Hashanah hate crime
Two 18‑year‑old Syracuse University students were arrested and charged on Sept. 24, 2025 after one allegedly entered the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house and tossed a clear plastic bag of pork onto the wall and floor during a Rosh Hashanah celebration. Onondaga County prosecutors have filed burglary as a hate‑crime and criminal nuisance charges; university officials say the students also face campus disciplinary review and condemned the act as abhorrent.
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Students charged with hate crime after pork is tossed into a Jewish fraternity on Rosh Hashana
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- Two students (both 18) arrested and charged with burglary as a hate crime and criminal nuisance in Syracuse, N.Y.
- Incident occurred around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity during a Rosh Hashanah dinner.
- Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick called it a crime directed against Jewish students; Syracuse University referred the students to its Office of Community Standards.