{"id":2226597,"date":"2024-04-21T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T16:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T20:57:11","slug":"columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Rabbi Urges Jewish Students to Return Home Due to Rising Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fcolumbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap%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=2226597&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--><p>An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University advised Jewish students to \u2062leave\u2064 due to\u2063 &#8220;extreme antisemitism&#8221; following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/offensive-posts-criticizing-2020-riots-lead-to-jennie-nguyen-getting-booted-from-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city\/\" title=\"\u2018Offensive\u2019 Posts Criticizing 2020 Riots Lead To Jennie Nguyen Getting Booted From \u2018Real Housewives of Salt Lake City\u2019\">protests related<\/a> to the Israel-Hamas\u2063 conflict. Rabbi Elie Buechler&#8217;s plea came after videos showing antisemitic harassment on \u200dcampus surfaced. He urged 293 students to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">return home<\/a> for safety amid escalating tensions, emphasizing the severity of \u2063the situation as protests continued. After witnessing rising \u200bantisemitism amid protests linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict at Columbia University, Rabbi Elie Buechler recommended 293 Jewish students to return home for their safety. His advice followed incidents of antisemitic harassment on campus, highlighting the \u200cseriousness of the situation as tensions\u200c escalated during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rioters-smash-windows-force-businesses-to-board-up-in-downtown-portland\/\" title=\"Rioters Smash Windows, Force Businesses To Board Up In Downtown Portland\">ongoing protests<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University urged Jewish students on Sunday to go home for their own safety following displays of \u201cextreme antisemitism\u201d around the New York City campus.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper reported\u00a0Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiabarnardhillel.org\/staff\/elie-buechler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part<\/a> of the Orthodox Union\u2019s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and works with the Hillel group for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College, sent the message amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/columbia-university-protests-pro-palestinian-gaza-cease-fire-day-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> in and around the Ivy League school in response to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic,\u201d Buechler wrote. \u201cThe events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University\u2019s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students\u2019 safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In response to \u201chorrific\u201d scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia\/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it\u2019s safe again for them on campus: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqAntEICLv\">pic.twitter.com\/uqAntEICLv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1782045735736820222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIt deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved. It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tapper said Buechler\u2019s warning was sent to 293 primarily Orthodox Jewish students as a personal message in response to the \u201cjust horrific\u201d videos of \u201cprotesters on campus calling for Jews to be killed, just off campus Jews being yelled at to \u2018go back to Poland,\u2019 text messages I\u2019m getting constantly from Jewish students about how unsafe they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As protest activity <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/columbia-university-protests-3-people-arrested-during-continued-demonstrations-at-morningside-heights-campus-in-nyc\/14708208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stretched into the weekend<\/a>, Buechler added in his message,\u00a0\u201cI thought it important to state the severity of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the protests over the past week, police arrested more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/20\/nyregion\/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 students<\/a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detained<\/a> and later said she had been suspended\u00a0along with others over their activism.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href=\"https:\/\/president.columbia.edu\/news\/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> she authorized the New York Police Department to clear an encampment from campus out of \u201can abundance of concern for the safety of Columbia\u2019s campus\u201d after students ignored notices of violations of rules and policies.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik testified to Congress on Wednesday that anti-Semitism has \u201cno place on our campus\u201d and was \u201cpersonally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly,\u201d adding that it \u201cbecame clear\u201d after Hamas attacked Israel in October that \u201cthese horrific events would ignite fear and anguish across our campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, shared to X a message he sent to university leadership stating that he planned to go to campus on Monday and sit \u201cpeacefully right in the center of the illegal encampment that you have allowed the pro-Hamas mob to establish in the middle of campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just send this message to the leadership at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> University. <\/p>\n<p>I am going to be on campus Monday morning and I am requesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-reporter-escorted-out-of-stop-the-steal-protest-by-police-as-crowd-chants-fox-news-sucks\/\" title=\"WATCH: Fox News Reporter Escorted Out of Stop the Steal Protest By Police As Crowd Chants \u2018Fox News Sucks\u2019\">police escort<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Police escort for simply going to my own place of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/akhKvDPi5m\">pic.twitter.com\/akhKvDPi5m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaiDavidai\/status\/1782029397718892739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The message, which was included in a screen grab, said several Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff would join him. Davidai said he was requesting a police escort of at least 10 officers.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InnaVernikov\/status\/1782042799418040826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to the post by tagging the New York City Police Department and saying that she is \u201crequesting escort for this group and will make an official request.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-is-enormously-proud-of-daughter-who-was-arrested-at-anti-israel-protest\">Ilhan Omar Is \u2018Enormously Proud\u2019 Of Daughter Who Was Arrested At Anti-Israel Protest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After witnessing \u201cextreme antisemitism\u201d near Columbia University, Rabbi Elie Buechler advised Jewish students to head home for their safety. The Orthodox rabbi, associated with the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and Hillel group at Columbia, made the plea amid rising concerns about student well-being in New York City. CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper covered Rabbi Buechler&#8217;s concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2226598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147965624-scaled-e1713723079816.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147965624-scaled-e1713723079816.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}