{"id":2227504,"date":"2024-04-22T17:57:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-warns-columbia-president-over-antisemitic-protests-your-job-is-on-the-line\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:57:58","slug":"house-democrat-warns-columbia-president-over-antisemitic-protests-your-job-is-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-warns-columbia-president-over-antisemitic-protests-your-job-is-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat cautions Columbia president on antisemitic protests: Your position is at risk"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhouse-democrat-warns-columbia-president-over-antisemitic-protests-your-job-is-on-the-line%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=2227504&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>Rep. Jared Moskowitz \u2063(D-FL) visited Columbia University and advised its President, Minouche Shafik, to\u200d learn from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/500m-obama-presidential-library-will-finally-break-ground-in-chicago-in-2021\/\" title=\"0M Obama Presidential Library Will Finally Break Ground In Chicago In 2021\">past presidents<\/a>\u2062 of\u200c Harvard and UPenn on handling antisemitism. He, along \u2063with Reps.\u2063 Josh Gottheimer, Dan Goldman,\u200b and \u2062Kathy Manning,\u200c engaged with Jewish students amid \u200bclashes between\u200d Palestinian and Israeli protesters. Moskowitz\u2064 highlighted the issue of double standards in protecting Jewish communities.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) gave <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> President Minouche Shafik advice while visiting the campus on Monday, encouraging her to ask the former presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania \u201cwhat not to do\u201d when it comes to handling the rise of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moskowitz spoke during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a>-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie &#8211; Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#8216;Trump is a Tyrant&#8217; (VIDEO)&#8221;>press conference<\/a> with Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Kathy Manning (D-NC), all of whom are <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a>. The House Democrats met with Jewish students at Columbia following clashes between pro-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Palestinian<\/a> and pro-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> protesters that devolved into antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida congressman spoke directly to Shafik, saying, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen this show before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one theme that keeps coming up over and over again, which is the double standard,\u201d Moskowitz said of his conversations with Jewish parents. \u201cThey know, and you know, deep down, if this was any minority group, this wouldn\u2019t be happening. It wouldn\u2019t have gotten this far, but because it\u2019s Jews, we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-veteran-joey-jones-blasts-garbage-politician-lori-lightfoot-police-know-she-doesnt-honor-and-respect-their-sacrifice\/\" title=\"Marine Veteran Joey Jones Blasts \u2018Garbage Politician\u2019 Lori Lightfoot: Police Know \u2018She Doesn\u2019t Honor And Respect Their Sacrifice\u2019\">\u2019ve fallen<\/a> into this weird category: Oh, we\u2019re not protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Moskowitz said that if Shafik wants to know \u201cwhat not to do, she should call the former Presidents of Harvard and UPenn.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), with Reps. Kathy Manning (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Dan Goldman (D-NY), speaks at a press conference regarding recent antisemitism directed toward Jewish students studying at Columbia University in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024.\u2028(AP Photo\/Stefan Jeremiah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2445423\/upenn-president-resigns-in-the-wake-of-controversial-testimony\/\" title>resigned<\/a> in December last year, and Harvard President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2710097\/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-following-weeks-of-scandal-and-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claudine Gay resigned in January<\/a> after the pair testified before the House Education Committee about the level of antisemitism on their campuses, inflamed by the war between Israel and Hamas. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY)\u00a0had launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/stefanik-moskowitz-lead-bipartisan-effort-firing-college-presidents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bipartisan effort<\/a> to oust them from their positions.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Shafik\u2019s actions have come under fire from Stefanik and other congressional lawmakers who say she is not doing enough to protect Jewish students. New York House Republicans sent Shafik a letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2974415\/stefanik-gop-demand-columbia-president-resign-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"demanding her resignation\">demanding her resignation<\/a>, saying, \u201cYou have failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Columbia University rabbi\u00a0encouraged Jewish students to go home because the school could not guarantee their safety. Shafik announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2973827\/columbia-president-makes-classes-virtual-intimidating-harassing-behavior-pro-palestinian-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shift to virtual classes <\/a>on Monday, the beginning of Passover, due to the high levels of campus unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why antisemitism is on the rise. That\u2019s what the failures were in committee with those presidents, and that\u2019s the failure that\u2019s happening here today,\u201d Moskowitz said, referring to Magill and Gay.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a campus visit, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) advised Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to seek counsel from ex-presidents of prestigious universities on addressing antisemitism. Moskowitz, joined by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), emphasized the importance of learning from past experiences to navigate such challenges effectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2227505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24113630957277-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24113630957277-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227504","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}