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“Jewish students are being targeted and attacked physically and verbally,” wrote the school’s president.
Jason Holtzman of the local Jewish Community Relations Council told JNS that people should “speak out to show that there is zero tolerance for these behaviors and actions.”
The Columbia University student Khymani James wrote that he wanted “people to have more context for my words, which I regret.”
“If these were just dancing pizza parties, as the ridiculous headline would have us believe, then Columbia wouldn’t have taken the extraordinary steps of calling in the NYPD,” said Jonah Cohen, of CAMERA.
Michael Rosenzweig, a new member of the board of directors at the Democratic Majority for Israel, told JNS about his views on rising antisemitism in academia, particularly at his alma mater.
“It is time for forceful action on all levels,” said Stuart Eizenstat, chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
“These protesters belong in jail,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.”
“These pro-Hamas rioters have effectively shut down college campuses and have literally chased Jewish students away from our schools,” the senators wrote.
Shai Davidai, who has been denied entry to the campus after pro-Palestinian protesters took over the public plaza, warns that the threat to Jews will only grow.
While anti-Israel protests have been particularly pronounced at Ivy League schools, they have spread beyond that, threatening Jewish students from coast to coast.
Asked about antisemitism, the U.S. president said he also condemns “those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”
“This isn’t Fallujah, this is Morningside Heights,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, calling for a ban on masks at Columbia University.
