Max Long told the ABC7 I-Team he has had to drop a class at DePaul University after a pro-Palestinian group handed out flyers that target him by name.
Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom JonesIDF reservist Max Long is concerned about his safety after he and another Jewish student were targeted in an alleged hate crime attack at DePaul. Max Long is in Israel to attend services for two of his fallen IDF comrades. He told the ABC7 I-Team he has had to drop a class at DePaul University after a pro-Palestinian group handed out flyers that target him by name.
The "Behind Enemy Lines" flyer accuses the IDF soldier and DePaul student of genocide in a written challenge to their ban from campus. Long and another Jewish student, Michael Kaminsky, were attacked in early November by two masked men in what Chicago police have called a hate crime. Long is still dealing with the remnants of a concussion from that attack."I'm trying to work...
Behind Enemy Lines, the same group that provoked a skirmish with Chicago police outside of the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention, has been banned from the DePaul campus."I have no choice but to either go to class or fail. So I decided to drop the class that was only in person," Long said. "I can't feel safe walking through that space.
Long, who was in Israel on October 7, 2023, said his outreach work was done to humanize soldiers. He learned of the ceasefire deal while back in Israel.Officials want Jewish DePaul students to feel safe after antisemitic attack on campus"We're calling them ambassadors, and we're actually sending those people around to different communities to share their story," Long said. "I'm hopeful that the university understands the severity of this...
Chicago police told the I-Team they are still investigating. DePaul and Behind Enemy Lines have not responded to requests for comment.
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