{"id":2227524,"date":"2024-04-22T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-patriots-owner-bob-kraft-yanks-money-from-columbia-until-school-can-protect-its-students\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:17:59","slug":"nfl-patriots-owner-bob-kraft-yanks-money-from-columbia-until-school-can-protect-its-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-patriots-owner-bob-kraft-yanks-money-from-columbia-until-school-can-protect-its-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Patriots owner Bob Kraft withholds funding from Columbia University until student safety is ensured"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnfl-patriots-owner-bob-kraft-yanks-money-from-columbia-until-school-can-protect-its-students%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=2227524&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>The owner of the New England Patriots, Bob Kraft, ceases funding for Columbia University due\u200c to concerns\u200c about student safety amidst protests. Kraft, who founded The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, expresses disappointment in the rise of hate at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/o-j-simpsons-alma-mater-to-host-panel-discussion-with-founder-of-scandal-plagued-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"O.J. Simpson\u2019s Alma Mater to Host Panel Discussion with Founder of Scandal-Plagued Lincoln Project\">alma mater<\/a>. He urges the university to \u200btake\u200b corrective action to regain trust and \u200dend the\u200c demonstrations. The New England Patriots owner, Bob Kraft,\u2062 stops funding to Columbia University over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-pledging-to-reopen-schools-joe-biden-endorses-chicago-teachers-unions-illegal-strike-video\/\" title=\"After Pledging to Reopen Schools, Joe Biden Endorses Chicago Teachers Union\u2019s Illegal Strike (VIDEO)\">safety concerns<\/a> during protests. Kraft, founder of The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, is dismayed by the hate at his alma mater and calls for corrective measures to rebuild trust and halt the protests.  <\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-belichick-leaves-new-england-patriots-after-24-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a> owner Bob Kraft has announced that he will no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ccp-is-funding-private-schools-in-america\/\" title=\"The CCP Is Funding Private Schools in America\">longer provide funding<\/a> to Columbia University until the \u201cschool can protect its students\u201d amid \u201cextreme anti-Semitism\u201d from pro-Palestinian protestors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a message posted on Monday on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StandUp2JewHate\/status\/1782388392438686076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, the Patriots owner \u2014 who\u2019s the founder of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCASorg) \u2014 wrote that he\u2019s \u201cdeeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus\u201d at his alma mater Columbia University and \u201cthroughout our country\u201d following the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u2026The school I love so much \u2014 the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity \u2014 is no longer an institution I recognize,\u201d Kraft\u2019s statement read. \u201cI am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and trust of the many of us who have lost faith in the institution,\u201d he added. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCASorg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCASorg<\/a> Founder Robert Kraft. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6fmTGFx06e\">pic.twitter.com\/6fmTGFx06e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stand Up to Jewish Hate #\ud83d\udfe6 (@StandUp2JewHate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StandUp2JewHate\/status\/1782388392438686076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is my hope that in this difficult time, the Kraft Center at Columbia will serve as a source of security and safety for all Jewish students and faculty on campus who want to gather peacefully to practice their religion, to be together, and to be welcomed,\u201d the NFL team owner\u2019s statement concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City university moved to remote learning out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\/\" title=\"Columbia University shifts to online classes amid campus tension affecting Jewish students\">safety concerns stemming<\/a> from pro-Palestinian protests that have unsettled the Ivy League school\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/04\/for-the-first-time-people-were-truly-afraid-antisemitism-hits-boiling-point-at-columbia-university\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jewish population<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  as the Passover holiday is set to begin, as previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, announced the move in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/president.columbia.edu\/news\/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  calling for a \u201creset\u201d after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">urged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Jewish students to go home due to the \u201cextreme antisemitism and anarchy\u201d that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,\u201d Shafik said early Monday morning. \u201cFaculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft halts funding for Columbia University until student safety is ensured amid pro-Palestinian protests. Kraft, also the founder of The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCASorg), expressed concern over &#8220;extreme anti-Semitism&#8221; in a recent statement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2227525,"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\/Belichick-Kraft-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Belichick-Kraft-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227524","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}