NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JEWISH AFFAIRS RESPONDS TO KENT STATE
National Conference on Jewish Affairs
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New York, October 28, 2011 — The National Conference on Jewish Affairs, a coalition of Jewish leaders and organizations across America, applauds President Lester A. Lefton’s thoughtful remarks regarding Professor Julio Pino’s recent words and actions.
Historically, however, citizens of this country have not called for the death of an entire people or country. We are appalled that such a man should remain in a position of leadership, especially one that molds the minds of young people and our future citizens. Such blood-curdling, inciting rhetoric — calling for the death of an entire people — may be acceptable in certain countries in the Middle East, but is unacceptable here in America.
This evidently is not an isolated incident. Professor Pino in 2007 reportedly was a contributor to a jihadist news service. Journalist Mike Adams has reported the following disturbing assertions in Townhall:
“1. Pino uses his university e-mail account to profanely denigrate fallen U.S. soldiers.
“2. Pino has used his university e-mail account to boast of raping and sodomizing the mother of another university professor – this time using the term “c***” to refer to a senior citizen, not a U.S. soldier.
“3. Pino has sent repeated unwanted emails to other professors with a subject line suggesting that the White House would soon need “more coffins.” This resulted, during the summer of 2009, in a Secret Service raid of Pino’s home.
“4. Pino has sent emails celebrating the murders of 911 to professors on, of all days, September 11th.
“5. Pino published an article in the Kent State newspaper, which urged children to become suicide bombers – specifically to kill innocent Israeli citizens.
“6. Pino admitted, to a Fox producer working for Britt Hume, that he has posted on the Global War blog spot – a terrorist website. This admission followed accusations that he posted specific bomb-making instructions, which urged readers to use the bombs to kill U.S. troops. He also admitted his involvement with the site to his then-department chair John Jameson. Dr. Jameson was fired (as chair) after letting Pino travel to the Middle East (mid-semester) for an extended stay while he (Pino) was under suspicion for terrorist activities.”
Further examples of Professor Pino’s views and activities can be found here:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2141
http://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2007/02/28/me_and_julio_downby_the_schoolyard/page/full/
http://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2010/08/05/worse_than_ward_churchill/page/full/
We have heard from a number of people in the Kent State community and environs. That a Jewish student may now have to sit in a classroom with a professor who is screaming, “Death to !srael” is unconscionable. Why are our nation’s universities choosing and paying these type of haters to educate and influence our children? This country and its educational institutions cannot allow themselves to become receptacles for the most vile, murderous forms of expression and threatening activity prevalent in other regions of the world where strife and anger predominate.
Tenure is no excuse for accepting intentionally malicious and destructive behavior that in all other parts of society would mandate immediate removal for cause.
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