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Approximately two months after the fall of 2024, a jar of liquid was thrown through the front window of Jordan Acker's home.

Posted by The Global Story, Checked

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The Global StoryOct 20, 2026
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Multiple independent outlets report that a jar containing a foul-smelling liquid was thrown through the front window of UM Regent Jordan Acker's Huntington Woods home in the early hours of December 9, 2024, which is about two months after the fall 2024 office vandalism the post describes.

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… So, in the fall of 2024, my office, which is in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, was spray painted in the middle of the night. About two months later, a jar full of a pungent liquid, for lack of a better term, was thrown through the front window of my home. My ex-wife's car was painted with an upside down triangle and said something like, I think, Divest or die was paint spray painted on her vehicle. At that point, and it was a pretty terrifying incident, obviously, my children were asleep upstairs. …
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What we found

Supports. The Detroit News reports Acker's home was vandalized, with a mason jar thrown through a window and a foul-smelling liquid found inside, and the Huntington Woods Department of Public Safety confirmed the incident.[1]

Supports. Michigan Public reports a mason jar was thrown through the window of Regent Jordan Acker's Huntington Woods home on the morning of December 9, 2024, and that police said it contained a substance.[2]

Supports. The Michigan Advance, Jewish Insider and Michigan Daily independently report jars thrown through the front window of Acker's home in the December 9, 2024 attack.[3][4][5]

Context. Sources describe the jar as a mason jar, sometimes reported as two jars, with contents variously described as foul-smelling liquid or urine. The timing (about two months after the fall 2024 office vandalism) is consistent with the December 2024 date.[2][3][4]

Sources

5 sources: 5 not rated

  1. 1'This is terrorism': University of Michigan regent's home vandalizeddetroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  2. 2U of M Regent targeted by vandalism, againmichiganpublic.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  3. 3U of M regent says home was vandalized in an antisemitic ...michiganadvance.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  4. 4University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker faces another antisemitic attack at his homejewishinsider.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  5. 5UMich Regent reports home vandalizationmichigandaily.com · not rated · cited for: supports

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