Columbia Student Leader: “Zionists don’t deserve to live comfortably — let alone Zionists don’t deserve to live!”
Abandoned to a new wilderness: Jewish Students at American Academic Institutions
Whither thou goest? — Is American Academia now whithering on the vine:
American Academia / The American Mind / the American future
(A fifth question of the Seder for us to ponder: is Columbia’s (Egyptian) Shafik truly an educator or perhaps, like the presidents of Harvard and Yale before her, just another two-bit collaborationist stooge? Is she more like that of an earlier Egyptian Pharoah, who has lost either her free will or her mind — or is it something else?)
First, let us have a look at what an abandoned scapegoat looks like: from this week’s Parsha: Leviticus 16:20 — ‘is this the Scapegoat?’
Now, let’s have another look at this year’s Passover in American Academia:
Student leadership: this year’s Passover at Columbia University:
Here, this is not the Egyptian Pharaonic President of the school, instead, this is the Columbia Student Leader: “Zionists don’t deserve to live comfortably — let alone Zionists don’t deserve to live”:
https://twitter.com/AIPAC/status/1783663878586392705
Now let’s take a closer look at the President Shafik of Columbia University:
Shafik was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to Muslim parents who were both educators.[7] Her father was a scientist and wealthy landowner.[8][9] As a child, she went to Schutz American School. When she was four, the Egyptian government nationalized (brought into public ownership) her father’s property[10] and the family moved to Savannah, Georgia in the mid-1960s, then to Miami and Raleigh, North Carolina.[11]
And now, let us review her actions (below, #1 – #3) during this time of the Passover at Columbia University
- In November 2023, Shafik was invited to attend the 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism, but declined, citing a scheduling conflict.[31][32] She later gave testimony before the United States House Committee on Education & the Workforce on April 17, 2024, along with David Greenwald and Claire Shipman, co-chairs of the Trustees of Columbia University.[33] Former presidential advisors and consultants Shailagh Murray, Dana Remus, and Philippe Reines, along with lawyers, political officials, and experts on antisemitism prepared Shafik for the hearing for months.[2] With the eruptions of Pro-Palestinian protests and controversy
- As a result of campus protests and the campus occupation by pro-Palestinian demonstrators (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Columbia_University_pro-Palestinian_campus_occupation) that began on April 17, 2024, Shafik announced on April 22, 2024, that the university had canceled in-person classes to move to hybrid learning.[34] The demonstrations sometimes included pro-Hamas antisemitic hate speech and threats,[2][35] resulting in protesters targeting some Jewish students.[36] She had previously called on the NYPD to clear an encampment established by protesters near the center of the university’s campus, and police arrested more than 100 students.[34]
- Shafik established a headquarters to address the protests at the law firm of Covington & Burling near the White House when she was in Washington, D.C., to testify before the United States House Committee on Education & the Workforce.[2] Her actions in ordering the arrests were criticised by the American Association of University Professors, PEN America, president Serene Jones of Union Theological Seminary, and the Columbia College Student Council.[37][38][39] Faculty denounced what it called an “unprecedented assault on student rights”.[2] Hundreds of Columbia professors staged a walkout and signed onto an open letter criticizing her handling of the demonstrations.[40]
- Columbia donor and alumnus Robert Kraft, founder of Columbia’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism,[41] suspended donations to the university, as did billionaire Len Blavatnik, due to beliefs that Columbia was insufficiently preventing campus antisemitism.[6] Republican lawmakers, whom Shafik initially intended to appeal to in her congressional testimony, called for her resignation.[2] These included House Speaker Mike Johnson and at least a dozen members of Congress, claiming that the school has failed to protect Jewish students.[40] Both Democratic and Republican officials joined Representative Elise Stefanik in urging Shafik to resign, including U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Tim Scott, and Representative Jim Banks.[42] Columbia University’s senate drafted and circulated a resolution on April 22, 2024, to censure Shafik for abridging “the fundamental requirements of academic freedom” and causing an “unprecedented assault on student rights”.[43]
Just for the Congressional record: a United States Congresswoman, Ilan Omar posts this:
Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN : https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1783588505974648836
“I had the honor of seeing the Columbia University anti-war encampment firsthand. ” “Contrary to right-wing attacks, these students are joyfully protesting for peace and an end to the genocide taking place in Gaza.” “I’m in awe of their bravery and courage.”
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Now let us have a second link of the Columbia student leader when he/she/they posts this: “And so, be glad and be grateful that I am not just going out and murdering Zionists — “I’ve never murdered anyone in my life and I hope to keep it that way: I genuinely hope to keep it that way.”
Columbia Student Leader: Zionists don’t deserve to live comfortably — let alone Zionists don’t deserve to live: https://twitter.com/MichalSabra/status/1783593342434935150/video/1
The Squad joins anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University
Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex, and Ilhan Omar all joined the anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University in the last 48 hours.
Omar posted that “these students are joyfully protesting for peace” and then embraced a lead organizer who said “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”
AOC called the leadership of the protests “fantastic.”
Meanwhile, terrorist groups Hamas, the Houthis, the PFLP, and the Supreme Leader of Iran have all issued statements supporting the anti-Israel protests.
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Just a few changes occurring in American Academia: too little, too late?
Yeshiva University announced it is reopening its admissions portal in light of “the public protests laced with antisemitism” on college campuses…
Brandeis University is extending its transfer deadline, appealing to students frustrated by their universities’ responses to campus antisemitism…
The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony, slated for next month, citing the advanced security measures that would need to be in place for the event…
Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) are planning to introduce a bill — the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability (COLUMBIA) Act — that would allow the Department of Education to impose a third-party monitor for antisemitic activity on any campus receiving federal funding…
