Columbia Rabbi Warns Students of Antisemitism

What's the opposite of diversity? University. Columbia rabbi warns Jewish students to go home, don't come back to campus because of 'extreme antisemitism'

And here I thought that New York City was a bastion of Leftist tollerance. I guess I was wrong.

A prominent rabbi at Columbia University took the drastic step Sunday of warning Jewish students to go home and not return to campus because of “extreme antisemitism” at the Ivy League school.

The dire directive followed yet another night of virulent anti-Israel protests on campus — which included one protester holding up a sign suggesting that students waving Israeli flags should be the next target of Hamas terrorists.”

Nothing surprises me about academia anymore.

The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy,” Rabbi Elie Buechler told students Sunday morning over WhatsApp.

That statement is true, but not in the way he means.

“It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus,” he said. “No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.”

Sorry Rabbi Buechler, but it is everyone's job to ensure their own safety everywhere. "When seconds count, police are only minutes away." I realize that idea is foreign to a liberal in NYC, but that is reality. If you think things on Columbia's campus will get better if you run and hide, you are kidding yourself.

That said, Colmbia and the cops could do more to stop the insanity.