US Professor Arrested for Antisemitic Online Harassment Campaign

Haverford College in Pennsylvania announced that Professor Guangtian He has been arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation of an antisemitic nature. Following the arrest, college president Wendy Raymond stated that He has been placed on immediate administrative leave and banned from campus. According to the indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, He, while on sabbatical between October 2025 and May 2026, conducted a harassment campaign against an individual identified as "Victim 1." He allegedly used anonymous X (formerly Twitter) accounts and VPN services to conceal his identity. Prosecutors contend that the threatening messages caused the victim to reasonably fear for their life or serious bodily injury, inflicting severe emotional distress on the victim and their family. President Raymond informed the college community that the administration had contacted the victims and thanked security teams, local police, and the FBI for their involvement. "I am heartbroken and outraged by the possibility that someone within our community would seek to inflict such pain on another," Raymond told students and staff. She added that the timing of the incident, near the High Holy Days and the anniversary of the October 7th massacre, intensifies the harm to the community. He's radicalization, as a professor of religious studies, had come to light even before his arrest. In June 2025, a U.S. House of Representatives committee demanded answers from the college after He posted online that "Zionism is Nazism" and called for the "denazification" of Israeli society. Furthermore, a civil lawsuit filed against the college revealed that in August 2024, He publicly threatened students whom he accused of remaining silent during the war, stating, "I will never forgive them. I know their names and I know their faces." Jewish students testified that they viewed these statements as a direct threat to their safety.