Originally posted by MLive

HUNTINGTON WOODS, MI - The home of a Jewish member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents was attacked Sunday night, including spray-painted pro-Palestinian messages on his family car.

Regent Jordan Acker, also a Southfield-based attorney, confirmed his Huntington Woods home was targeted overnight on Dec. 8.

Someone threw two mason jars filled with urine through one of his home’s windows, as well as spray-painted the slogan “Divest and Free Palestine” on his car, he told MLive/The Ann Arbor News.

Acker condemned the attack as anti-Semitic, called the protesters responsible for the vandalism “terrorists” and accused them of targeting him since he is “a public Jew.”

“To anyone out there who knows about who did this, and I’m certain that there are people on our campus who do, you should prevent this from harming your own cause by speaking up about who’s doing this,” Acker said. “This is not helpful to Palestinians. It is simply intended to scare Jews, and it’s disgusting and disgraceful.”

Acker said he was home with his wife and children when the jars were thrown through one of his front windows. Huntington Woods Public Safety did not respond to a request for further details.

Images from Sunday night’s vandalism were shared by the University of Michigan and can be seen here.

“The vandalism of Regent Jordan Acker’s home early this morning is a clear act of antisemitic intimidation,” university officials said in a statement. “The University of Michigan condemns these criminal acts in the strongest possible terms. They are abhorrent and, unfortunately, just the latest in a number of incidents where individuals have been harassed because of their work on behalf of the university. 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.”

This is the third time this year Acker was targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters.

A masked protester came to Acker’s home around 4:40 a.m., May 16 to place demands on his door. Other regents’ homes that day saw fake corpses and bloody toys placed on lawns, alluding to the death of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the ongoing war in Gaza.

Protesters also spray-painted “UM kills” on the walls of his Goodman Acker Law Firm in June. The homes of university President Santa Ono and chief investment officer Erik Lundberg were also spray-painted at the time.

Acker demands that police, as well as progressive liberals on the Ann Arbor campus, take the repeated targeting of his family seriously.

“Every person on the progressive side should condemn this behavior, and it speaks volumes that several have not,” he said.

Regent Sarah Hubbard called for criminal action to be taken against those responsible for the vandalism.

“Vandalism, threats and intimidation of any sort are unacceptable and should be punished to the full extent of the law,” she wrote on X. “I urge law enforcement to pursue suspects in this and other similar cases targeting @umich leadership immediately.”

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills, said she was “sickened by the anti-Semitic attack” on Acker’s home.

“Jordan Acker is a dedicated public servant and he and his family should be safe in their own home,” she wrote on X. “Vandalism, violence, and bigotry have no place in America. Enough. Our Jewish brothers and sisters deserve to live in security and peace.”

Protesters have criticized Acker and the other regents since the start of the Israel-Hamas War started last year. Tahrir Coalition, the student organization that seeks the university’s divestment from Israel due to the ongoing war in Gaza, has led numerous protests on campus and took credit for the May vandalism at regents’ homes.

The Israel-Hamas war has sparked protests around the world. It began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250 people. Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s offensive has killed more than 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Associated Press.