{"id":2083086,"date":"2023-10-29T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-from-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:23:52","slug":"anti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-from-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-from-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League students against Israel receive harsh update from Jewish billionaire donor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-from-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2083086&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Billionaire Leon Cooperman Vows\u200d to Stop Funding Columbia University Over Anti-Israel\u200b Protests<\/h2>\n<p>Billionaire Leon \u200dCooperman, a proud Polish-Jewish individual who has \u2064dedicated his life to philanthropy, is furious.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old philanthropist estimates that he \u2064has\u2063 donated $50 million to Columbia University\u200c over the years. However, he \u2063has decided to cease his contributions \u200bto \u200bthe\u2063 institution due\u200c to the way some students \u2063and faculty members celebrated \u2064the massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7, which resulted in the \u200dloss of over 1,400 lives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese kids at the colleges have sh\u2013\u2062 for brains,\u201d Cooperman expressed his\u200b frustration to Fox Business \u2062host Claman\u200c last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have one reliable ally \u2062in the Middle East. That\u2019s Israel,\u201d Cooperman emphasized. \u201cWe only have one \u2064democracy\u2063 in the Middle East. That\u2019s Israel. And we have\u2062 one economy tolerant of different people, gays, lesbians,\u200c etc. \u2063That\u2019s Israel. So they\u200c have no idea what these\u2064 young kids are\u2063 doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, \u2062the real shame is, I\u2019ve given to Columbia probably about $50 \u200bmillion over many years. And\u200d I\u2019m \u2062going to \u200bsuspend my\u2064 giving. I\u2019ll give\u200d my giving \u200dto other organizations,\u201d \u200dhe\u2062 declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cooperman also expressed his outrage to CNN, stating, \u201cIt\u2019s not just because\u200b I\u2019m a Jew. What Hamas \u2064did was brutal and over-the-top. \u2064These kids don\u2019t have a clue \u2063what they\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cooperman \u2063specifically criticized Columbia professor Joseph Massad for\u200b his comments praising the \u200dPalestinian resistance. Cooperman firmly\u2062 believes that such remarks are disgraceful\u2062 and \u2064disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>Commentator Meghan McCain, who is an alumna of Columbia University, \u2062also condemned the \u2063school for its handling of the situation. She stated, \u201cThe only thing I can \u200dsay is, they will never get a dime from me. \u2062I will never do any speaking engagements \u2064with them. Columbia can go \u2062to hell as far as I\u2019m concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The culture at Columbia has also come under scrutiny, \u200bwith reports\u2062 of an \u200dLGBTQ group attempting to exclude Jewish students from\u200b a movie night. \u2064The event was ultimately canceled by the school.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will have nothing to\u200c do \u200dwith\u200c The Western Journal? The liberal elites have put us\u200d on \u2062one of their\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-democrat-megadonor-george-soros-wanted-us-israel-to-work-with-hamas\/\" title=\"Democrat megadonor George Soros urged US and Israel to collaborate with Hamas.\">financial\u200b kill lists<\/a>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did it because we\u2019ve told the \u2064truth and spoken out against them for over a decade. 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We\u2019re \u2063family-owned and independent. But because we&#8217;re independent \u200cfrom the elites,\u2064 we have to rely on readers like you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can we \u200bcount on \u2062you for just a single <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscription<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? The cost of a month-long\u2062 subscription \u2063is \u2064less than a\u2064 single cup of Starbucks coffee. And, unlike with\u200c Starbucks, \u2063you can be 100 percent certain that every \u2063penny we spend \u200cgoes toward fighting for traditional \u200dAmerican values and against liberal elites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>help us<\/b><\/a><b>  \u2063 continue exposing the truth.\u200d Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>subscribe today<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for reading The\u2063 Western\u2064 Journal!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor\/\">Anti-Israel Ivy \u200cLeague Students Get Brutal News from University&#8217;s Jewish Billionaire \u2063Donor<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What recent event at Columbia\u2062 University led Leon Cooperman to withdraw his financial contributions?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Been left with no other choice. We rely on the support of readers like you \u200dto keep bringing you the news and \u200danalysis that the liberal elites want to suppress.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please consider making a generous contribution to The Western \u2064Journal to help us continue our mission. Every dollar you donate will\u200d go directly towards supporting our team\u200c and\u200c ensuring that we can continue to deliver the truth that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-a-strong-fast-and-fair-special-counsel-is-needed-immediately\/\" title=\"President Trump: A Strong, Fast, and Fair Special Counsel Is Needed, IMMEDIATELY!\">mainstream media refuses<\/a> to cover. Thank you for your support.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Leon Cooperman\u2019s decision to stop funding Columbia University highlights\u200c the growing concern over the anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses. As a prominent\u2063 philanthropist and a proud Polish-Jewish \u200dindividual, Cooperman has dedicated\u2062 his life to\u200c supporting \u2062worthy causes. However, the recent celebration of the massacre \u2062of Israeli civilians at Columbia University has\u2064 compelled him to withdraw \u200dhis financial contributions to the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperman urges the younger generation to understand\u200b the importance of Israel, the only reliable ally \u2064and democracy in the Middle East. Israel&#8217;s acceptance and \u2064tolerance of different communities, including the LGBTQ community, make it a \u200bbeacon \u200dof hope in\u200c the region. The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-ivy-league-students-get-brutal-news-from-universitys-jewish-billionaire-donor\/\" title=\"Ivy League students against Israel receive harsh update from Jewish billionaire donor.\">billionaire philanthropist believes<\/a> that the\u200b students and faculty\u200b members who celebrated the loss of innocent \u2063lives have no understanding of the significance of Israel \u2062in a tumultuous region.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperman\u2019s frustration also stems from Columbia professor Joseph Massad&#8217;s comments praising the Palestinian\u2063 resistance. He finds such remarks disgraceful and disgusting. To express his discontent, Cooperman has decided to suspend his financial contributions to Columbia University and redirect his philanthropic endeavors towards other \u2063organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Commentator Meghan McCain, an\u2062 alumna\u200c of Columbia\u200c University, has also criticized the school&#8217;s handling of the situation and pledged not to support them in\u2062 any way. This growing dissent is indicative of a larger problem at the university, with reports of \u2064an LGBTQ group \u2062attempting to exclude Jewish students from a \u200bmovie night. The event was subsequently canceled due to the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The situation at Columbia University \u2064serves as a reminder that\u2063 universities should be places of intellectual \u200band \u2064ideological diversity, allowing for open\u200d and respectful dialogue. However, the celebration of violence\u200c and exclusionary practices undermine the principles of education \u2062and mutual understanding.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 conclusion, Leon Cooperman&#8217;s decision to halt his financial contributions to Columbia\u2064 University reflects the urgent need for universities to address and rectify their handling of anti-Israel \u200csentiment. This case should serve as a \u2063wake-up call for institutions of higher education to uphold their values of inclusion, respect, and intellectual \u200ccuriosity, ensuring that all voices are\u2064 heard and respected on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Leon Cooperman, proud of his Polish-Jewish roots, passionately donates his billions to improve the world. However, the 80-year-old is now furious. 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