OSU alumnus’ antisemitic posts made public

Social media posts from an Ohio man were recently discovered, in which he expressed his hatred toward Jews.

Stop Antisemitism, an American-based organization that fights Jew-hatred, revealed Raied “Ray” Hamad’s views on X.

“Ohio-based Raied ‘Ray’ Hamad is a rabid antisemite whose public FB page is littered with nonstop antisemitism,” the organization wrote.

Ohio based Raied "Ray" Hamad is a rabid antisemite whose public FB page littered with nonstop antisemitism including:

– calling terrorism "self defense"
– mocking antisemitism
– posts the Star of David as a cockroach

This vile bigot appears to be with @CoStarGroup pic.twitter.com/dtVvVuisvY

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 16, 2025

If Hamad deletes his posts, the organization has archived them and included links so people can see them. 

In the posts, Hamad compared Jews to cockroaches, called terrorism “self-defense,” said that Israel controls the United States, claimed that American Jews are not loyal to America and mocked Jews.    

He also justified the existence and actions of Hamas by claiming that Israel has been “murdering, raping and abducting Palestinians” long before the terrorist organization was founded.

Stop Antisemitism said that Hamad is currently working for CoStar Group. Ohio.News confirmed the claim by finding Hamad’s LinkedIn page. As of Nov. 19, Hamad’s page still indicates that he works for CoStar Group.

The recent news came after the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 297 with strong bipartisan support. 

The bill, sponsored by State Senator Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, expands the offense of ethnic intimidation to include both riot and aggravated riot committed for the reason of the race, color, religion or national origin of another person or group of persons.

The bill also defines antisemitism as a “certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews,” adding that “rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

“Following the events of October 7th last year, our Jewish students have felt targeted on campus and, in some dangerous situations, have been harassed and attacked,” Johnson said. “We must protect our Jewish neighbors, and this legislation accomplishes this while upholding our First Amendment right to free speech.”

The bill was passed primarily because of the rise of antisemitic attacks in Ohio, with NBC 4 reporting that many of these Ohio incidents took place on college and university campuses, like the Ohio State University.

Howie Beigelman, president and CEO of Ohio Jewish Communities, supported the bill, highlighting the definition of the word “antisemitism” in it, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported.

“Time and again, time and again, and time and again, especially since October 7, those with responsibility, those with authority to act on incidents, have said ‘I don’t know if this rises to the level of actual antisemitism,’” he said. “This definition provides that for them.”

However, Faten Odeh, executive director for the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, criticized the bill, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported.

“The bill before us silences dissent, places the government in the role of silencing political opposition and restricts the very freedoms that are the foundation of our democracy,” Odeh said.