Mike Rowe Condemns Anti-Semitic Protests at Ivy League

Television host Mike Rowe unloaded on the anti-Semitic protesters that have swarmed Ivy League college campuses like Columbia University and Yale, saying that he hadn’t seen any reports of trade-school students “calling for the extermination of Jews.”

Rowe shared his thoughts in a lengthy X post, arguing that parents dismayed by what they saw on college campuses should consider throwing their support and funding into programs like his mikeroweWORKS Foundation instead.

For a guy who runs a foundation that sends young people to trade schools all over America – trade schools where I’m pleased to report, no one is calling for the extermination of Jews – today’s headlines are once again offering another excellent reason to consider redirecting…

— The Real Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) April 22, 2024

“For a guy who runs a foundation that sends young people to trade schools all over America – trade schools where I’m pleased to report, no one is calling for the extermination of Jews – today’s headlines are once again offering another excellent reason to consider redirecting whatever financial support you might earmark for the Ivy League, to the mikeroweWORKS Foundation,” Rowe began. “Why? Because the Ivy League has truly lost its mind.”

Rowe went on to mention the chaotic scene at Columbia — where “a noisy rabble of thugs and bullies calling for the eradication of Israel” had forced the university president to implement remote learning to keep Jewish students safe.

“If I had a kid at Columbia, I’d be livid,” Rowe continued. “It’s simply mind-boggling that the president of this university would rather consign her students to another crucible of remote learning, than permanently expel the protesters. I mean, seriously, what does it take to get expelled from Columbia?”

Rowe went on to quote several of the Jewish students who said they had been berated by protesters. “‘They yelled at us to go back to Poland, said we have no culture, and chanted, Strike, strike Tel Aviv,’ said one terrified student,” Rowe quoted. “Followed by, ‘Burn Tel Aviv to the ground,’ ‘Go Hamas, we love you, we support your rockets, too.’”

“In a now-infamous image, one demonstrator appeared before a group of counter-protesters holding Israeli and American flags with a sign pointing in their direction that read, ‘Al-Qasam’s next targets.’ That’s what you get for $68,000 a year at Columbia – an administration who cowers in the face of thugs and bullies, and a university president who would rather make your kids try to learn off campus, than take a truly hard line with those students calling for the murder of Jews,” Rowe continued. “For the love of God, expel them. Calling for murder is not protected speech.”

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Rowe then pivoted back to his own foundation, which provides scholarships for “hardworking men and women who will keep the lights on, water running, and air flowing — people who will show up early, stay late, and bust their asses to get the job done.”

“In the meantime, mikeroweWORKS is accepting applications for our next round of work ethic scholarships. Deadline is the end of the month,” Rowe concluded. “It’s worth noting that the careers we’re training people for cannot be taught, or preformed, remotely. It’s also worth mentioning that we accept donations year-round and spend the money we take in with great discretion. You can apply for a scholarship, or donate, at mikeroweWORKS.org.”