<p>An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University urged Jewish students on Sunday to go home for their own safety following displays of &#8220;extreme antisemitism&#8221; around the New York City campus.</p>
<p>CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper reported Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is <a href="https://columbiabarnardhillel.org/staff/elie-buechler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part</a> of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and works with the Hillel group for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College, sent the message amid <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/columbia-university-protests-pro-palestinian-gaza-cease-fire-day-5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protests</a> in and around the Ivy League school in response to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>&#8220;What we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic,&#8221; Buechler wrote. &#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus: <a href="https://t.co/uqAntEICLv">pic.twitter.com/uqAntEICLv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1782045735736820222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>He continued, &#8220;It 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. It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.&#8221;</p>
<p>Tapper said Buechler&#8217;s warning was sent to 293 primarily Orthodox Jewish students as a personal message in response to the &#8220;just horrific&#8221; videos of &#8220;protesters on campus calling for Jews to be killed, just off campus Jews being yelled at to &#8216;go back to Poland,&#8217; text messages I&#8217;m getting constantly from Jewish students about how unsafe they feel.&#8221;</p>
<p>As protest activity <a href="https://abc7ny.com/columbia-university-protests-3-people-arrested-during-continued-demonstrations-at-morningside-heights-campus-in-nyc/14708208/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stretched into the weekend</a>, Buechler added in his message, &#8220;I thought it important to state the severity of the situation.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the protests over the past week, police arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> and later said she had been suspended along with others over their activism.</p>
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<p>In a statement, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she authorized the New York Police Department to clear an encampment from campus out of &#8220;an abundance of concern for the safety of Columbia&#8217;s campus&#8221; after students ignored notices of violations of rules and policies.</p>
<p>Shafik testified to Congress on Wednesday that anti-Semitism has &#8220;no place on our campus&#8221; and was &#8220;personally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;became clear&#8221; after Hamas attacked Israel in October that &#8220;these horrific events would ignite fear and anguish across our campus.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, shared to X a message he sent to university leadership stating that he planned to go to campus on Monday and sit &#8220;peacefully right in the center of the illegal encampment that you have allowed the pro-Hamas mob to establish in the middle of campus.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just send this message to the leadership at <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a> University. </p>
<p>I am going to be on campus Monday morning and I am requesting police escort. </p>
<p>Police escort for simply going to my own place of work. <a href="https://t.co/akhKvDPi5m">pic.twitter.com/akhKvDPi5m</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782029397718892739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The message, which was included in a screen grab, said several Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff would join him. Davidai said he was requesting a police escort of at least 10 officers.</p>
<p>New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1782042799418040826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the post by tagging the New York City Police Department and saying that she is &#8220;requesting escort for this group and will make an official request.&#8221;</p>
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