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- Rabbi Elie Buechler cautioned the scholars towards returning to campus
- The warning got here amid a days-long protest that noticed greater than 100 arrested
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A rabbi at Columbia College has cautioned Jewish college students towards returning to campus because of ‘excessive antisemitism’ amid a days-long protest in help of Palestine.
Rabbi Elie Buechler of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel issued a warning to college students on Sunday morning in an announcement obtained by DailyMail.com.
‘What we’re witnessing in and round campus is horrible and tragic,’ Buechler wrote.
‘The occasions of the previous couple of days, particularly final evening, have made it clear that Columbia College’s Public Security and the NYPD can’t assure Jewish college students’ security within the face of maximum antisemitism and anarchy.’
Dozens of New York Police Division officers entered the ‘Gaza solidarity camp’ organized by scholar demonstrators on Wednesday.
A rabbi at Columbia College has warned Jewish college students about ‘excessive antisemitism’ on campus amid a days-long protest in help of Palestine
Greater than 100 protestors have been arrested, and 10 have been charged, principally with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration
The protests are anticipated to final by the weekend, with a gaggle of demonstrators returning to the college’s foremost garden on Saturday
Video from final week exhibits pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators clashing exterior of the college as one girl screams, ‘We’re Hamas!’
Buechler inspired college students to think about staying house, writing, ‘It isn’t our job as Jews to make sure our personal security on campus’
Greater than 100 protestors have been arrested, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com.
Ten have been charged to date, principally with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.
A big group of demonstrators met exterior the college gates on Saturday whereas scholar protestors returned to the principle garden, waving flags and chanting.
Buechler’s assertion got here days after video surfaced displaying a lady screaming ‘We’re Hamas!’ whereas a person sporting a yarmulke and a Israeli flag on his again walked previous.
As one other man filmed the protestor and shoved his telephone in her face, she repeated, ‘Sure, we’re all Hamas, b****!’
‘It deeply pains me to say that I’d strongly suggest you come back house as quickly as doable and stay house till the fact in and round campus has dramatically improved,’ Buechler wrote.
‘It isn’t our job as Jews to make sure our personal security on campus. Nobody ought to must endure this degree of hatred, not to mention in school.’
The rabbi inspired the scholars to achieve out to him for assist and ended the message, ‘Could we see higher days on campus quickly.’
Protests have exploded throughout the college’s campus over the previous few month as warfare continues to brew within the Center East.
Nevertheless, they’ve solely intensified amid the continuing Israel-Hamas battle that has seen over 30,000 Palestinian civilians killed.
In a sworn statement earlier than Congress, Columbia College President Nemat Shafik defended the scholars’ actions and insisted she had been working to fight antisemitism.
Shafik asserted that the ‘overwhelming majority’ of protests on campus have been ‘peaceable’ and mentioned the faculty is concentrated on upholding free speech, however ‘can’t and should not tolerate abuses this pledge to harass and discriminate.’
She famous holding over 200 conferences, each day conferences with the campus safety group and dealing intently with the NYPD and FBI in situations the place hate crimes are reported.
Nevertheless, she was accused of breeding a ‘hotbed of help for terrorism from radicalized college and college students’ by Home GOP Convention Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
