The residence of the regent of the University of Michigan was vandalized with jugs under a pro-Palestinian slogan

This story has been updated with comments from Jordan Ecker, University and Regent Sarah Hubbard.

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

Regent Jordan Acker, also an attorney from Southfield, confirmed that his Huntington Woods home was shot at on the night of Dec. 8.

Someone threw two cans filled with urine through one of the windows of his home and spray-painted the slogan “Get Out and Free Palestine” on his car, he told MLive/The Ann Arbor News.

Acker condemned the attack as anti-Semitic and accused the protesters of attacking him because he is a “public Jew”.

“To anyone who knows who did this, and I’m sure there are people on our campus who do, you need to prevent this from hurting your case by speaking up about who is doing this,” Acker said. “This is not good for the Palestinians. It’s just to scare the Jews, and it’s disgusting and shameful.”

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

Images of the vandalism Sunday night were released by the University of Michigan and are available to view here.

“The vandalism of Regent Jordan Acker’s residence early this morning is a clear act of anti-Semitic intimidation,” university officials said in a statement. “The University of Michigan condemns these criminal acts in the strongest possible terms. They are disgusting and unfortunately just the latest in a series of incidents where people 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 unite in solidarity and resolutely reject all forms of bigotry and violence.”

Aker has been targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters for the third time this year.

A masked protester came to Ecker’s home around 4:40 a.m. on May 16 to demand his door. Other houses of the regents were seen that day fake corpses and bloody toys placed on lawns, alluding to the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the ongoing war in Gaza.

Protesters also poured paint “UM kills” on the walls of his law firm Goodman Acker in June. The homes of Santa Ono University President and Chief Investment Officer Eric Lundberg were also painted with paint at the time.

Acker is demanding that the police, as well as progressive liberals on the Ann Arbor campus, take the repeated attacks on his family seriously.

“Every person on the progressive side should condemn this kind of behavior, and it says a lot that some did 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 kind are unacceptable and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” she wrote on X. “I call on law enforcement to immediately prosecute the suspects in this and other similar cases against @umich management.”

U.S. Rep. Hayley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills, said she was “saddened by the anti-Semitic attack” on Ecker’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 safety and peace.”

Protesters have criticized Acker and other regents since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas that began last year. The Tahrir Coalition, a student organization seeking to estrange the university from Israel because of the ongoing war in Gaza, has led numerous protests on campus and claimed responsibility for vandalism at the regents’ residences in May.

The war between Israel and Hamas has sparked protests around the world. It began when Hamas-led militants invaded southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250. The Gaza Ministry of Health says more than 44,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the Associated Press reported.

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