Haverford College Professor Indicted for Alleged Antisemitic Cyberstalking Campaign

Haverford College associate professor Guangtian Ha has been arrested and indicted on federal cyberstalking charges following an alleged months-long antisemitic intimidation campaign against a Jewish colleague and his family. Prosecutors claim Ha, who taught religion at the college, used anonymous X accounts to send threatening messages and share images of the victim's mailbox between October 2025 and May 2026.

According to the federal indictment, Ha allegedly employed multiple X accounts, including "America1st33509" and "America1stLM," to carry out the harassment. Messages attributed to Ha included explicit antisemitic slurs, death threats towards Jewish people, and references to "special camps" and "true holocausts." One post allegedly included the victim's home address and threatened the victim's minor son.

In one instance, on April 15, 2026, Ha allegedly posted, "@[Victim 1] Jew, watch your [Victim 1's minor son's true name.] There shall be a sign." Another post, dated May 2026, stated, "@[Victim 1] Eliminate the jewish cockroaches. Exterminate the jewish state. [Victim 1], you will have nowhere to go. Your family has no future in the US. Give it another 10 years, and you shall see a true holocaust."

Federal authorities stated that Ha frequently utilized virtual private networks to obscure his internet protocol address. Despite these efforts, the FBI was able to trace the messages back to him. Ha was arrested on October 6 and ordered detained in federal custody pending trial following a hearing on October 12.

Lori Lowenthal Marcus, legal director for The Deborah Project, a legal group that previously filed a civil rights lawsuit against Haverford on behalf of Jewish students, commented on the alleged messages. She stated that the communications revealed "95% about hatred of Jews and death threats towards Jews and disgusting language towards Jews," countering the accused's previous focus on anti-Zionism.

Haverford College President Wendy Raymond released a statement on the day of Ha's arrest, expressing deep distress. "I am deeply distressed by these allegations and want to state in the plainest of terms that any form of harassment or discrimination based on identity is unacceptable, antithetical to our values, and has no place at Haverford," Raymond wrote. Ha, who was on sabbatical, has been placed on administrative leave and barred from campus.

The indictment details that the victim and his family implemented security measures in response to the threats. However, prosecutors allege that Ha mocked these efforts in a February 27, 2026, post, stating, "@[Victim 1] The goyim have woken up, jew. Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won't help."

In April 2026, Ha allegedly wrote, "Nothing wrong to hate jews. We started to decline the moment we stopped hating, eradicating and expelling jews. Babylonians knew, the Romans knew, the Spaniards knew. American jews have been exposed. F--- anti-Zionism. HH." The indictment notes that "HH" is a common abbreviation for "Heil Hitler."

The Deborah Project had previously cited some of Ha's public social media posts in a 2024 lawsuit against Haverford, alleging that the term "Zionist" was used as a code word for Jewish people. Lowenthal Marcus expressed hope that Ha's indictment would serve as a deterrent and encourage educational institutions to recognize the seriousness of online antisemitic harassment.

Haverford College declined to provide further comment beyond President Raymond's statement. No legal representatives for Ha have been publicly named. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment on October 13.