{"id":2227115,"date":"2024-04-22T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-to-jewish-students-as-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-as-soon-as-possible\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:22:45","slug":"columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-to-jewish-students-as-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-as-soon-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-to-jewish-students-as-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-as-soon-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Rabbi Urges Jewish Students: &#8216;Head Home ASAP Amid Campus Chaos"},"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\">22<\/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-issues-urgent-warning-to-jewish-students-as-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-as-soon-as-possible%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=2227115&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>A Rabbi at Columbia University advised Jewish students to return \u2064home for safety\u200b amid escalating anti-Semitism on\u2063 campus. Rabbi Elie Buechler of the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus shared concerns about the lack of security for Jewish students, prompting classes to be canceled. The situation drew attention from Mayor Eric Adams and Chabad at Columbia University, emphasizing the urgent need for action.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 6:33am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Warning that Columbia University in New York has turned into a cauldron of anti-Semitism, a rabbi has urged Jewish students there to go home and stay there for their safety.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Elie Buechler, director of the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Columbia\/Barnard, issued the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-issues-passover-warning-jewish-community-real-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning<\/a> Sunday in a chat with 290 students, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/news\/2024\/04\/21\/rabbi-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-as-soon-as-possible-following-reports-of-extreme-antisemitism-on-and-around-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia Daily Spectator<\/a>, the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">student newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe events of the past 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 he wrote in the chat.<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d Buechler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus,\u201d he said. \u201cNo one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation had become so bad that in-person classes were canceled on Monday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us-news\/columbia-cancels-in-person-classes-amid-anti-israel-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia President President Minouche Shafik said tensions on the campus have been \u201cexploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that many are experiencing deep moral distress and want Columbia to help alleviate this by taking action. We should be having serious conversations about how Columbia can contribute,\u201d Shafik said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Columbia University rabbi warns Jewish students, \u2018return home as soon as possible\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Owo8-Vt2IVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New York Mayor Eric Adams said if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-shamed-columbia-university-building-cant-hide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia<\/a> remains out of control, police officers \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-mayor-bowser-claims-there-was-only-one-night-of-rioting-in-the-district-during-summer-2020\/\" title=\"DC Mayor Bowser Claims There Was Only One Night Of Rioting In The District During Summer 2020\">made arrests<\/a> during anti-Semitic protests last week \u2014 will return.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should NYPD arrest more anti-Jewish agitators?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus \u2014 like the example of a young woman holding a sign with an arrow pointing to Jewish students stating \u2018Al-Qasam\u2019s Next Targets,\u2019 or another where a woman is literally yelling \u2018We are Hamas,\u2019 or another where groups of students are chanting \u2018We don\u2019t want no Zionists here\u2019 \u2014 and I condemn this hate speech in the strongest of terms,\u201d Adams said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/296-24\/mayor-adams-on-ongoing-protests-columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not be a city of lawlessness, and those professional agitators seeking to seize the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to sow chaos and division in our city will not succeed,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p>Chabad at Columbia University, a chapter of an international Orthodox Jewish movement, said in a statement, \u201cWe are horrified and worried about physical safety,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/21\/nyregion\/columbia-protests-antisemitism.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Columbia president\u2019s statement in canceling in-class learning today: \u201cStudents across an array of communities have expressed fear for their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We now have a new category of hate: \u201cAnti-arrayism.\u201d Just disgusting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a> can\u2019t even call out antisemitism!\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidM_Friedman\/status\/1782389180149989870?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s funny about Hamas killing Jews? What\u2019s funny about it?\u201d student Rachel Freilich asked a pro-Hamas protester Sunday, according to the Spectator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had me wondering if someone on my campus not only is just going to glorify and justify Hamas\u2019 terror attacks, call on them to come and kill me next, and then laugh about it, like why should I stay here, at a place that seems to be failing to protect me and calling on terrorists to come into the University and kill me?\u201d Freilich said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2T5JLSI0OH\">pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1782248103216594996?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Student Jonathan Lederer, who tried to lead a counterprotest, said he was physically attacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-d-c-mayor-extends-emergency-declaration-for-15-days\/\" title=\"Washington, D.C. mayor extends emergency declaration for 15 days\">public safety<\/a> to be seen while I was absolutely assaulted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo people threw some heavy-weighted bag at my face, and I felt totally vulnerable in that moment,\u201d Lederer said. \u201cI assumed that at a protest like that there would be Public Safety standing around, NYPD standing around. No one could be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent alert, Rabbi Elie Buechler from Columbia University urged Jewish students to prioritize safety and return home due to escalating anti-Semitism on campus. 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