Jewish students are condemning Columbia University for failing to address what they say is a dangerous rise in antisemitism on campus.
There are growing concerns about antisemitism at college campuses across the nation. FOX 5 NY's Ashlie Rodriguez has more from Columbia University where students are accusing the school of failing to do enough to keep them safe.Jewish students at Columbia University are condemning administrators for failing to provide protection or address what they say is a dangerous rise in antisemitism on campus.
These reports include a physical attack on an Israeli student, a student organization claiming "the Holocaust wasn’t special," a swastika painted on a campus building and epithets yelled at students. "Really, are you serious? The rape murder and burning of children women in the elderly is a ‘military response’?" he said.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged during a visit to Cornell’s Center for Jewish Living on Monday that state police would work to identify anyone making online threats and hold them accountable.
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