“October seventh is going to be every day for you.”
Earlier this year, three Columbia University deans sat during a panel on the experiences of Jewish students with campus antisemitism and texted mocking messages to each other.
Their interactions become all the more vile in light of the newly released report about the experiences of Jewish students at Columbia.
Here are some samples.
One student who had moved into her dorm room in September, told us she placed a mezuzah on her doorway as required by ritual law, as traditional Jews have done for centuries. In October, people began banging on her door at all hours of the night, demanding she explain Israel’s actions. She was forced to move out of the dorm.
Jewish students heard from one of the protesters right outside Columbia’s gates, “October seventh [2024] is going to be every day for you.” Students reported being told “Kill your fucking self. And I’ll fucking kill you.”
Visibly observant students, like ones who wear traditional head coverings, have been frequently met with extreme hostility. “On campus, my friends have been spit on, been called like terrible, terrible names, a very close friend of mine was called, a lover of genocide and then a lover of baby killing. This was only a couple of days after October seventh.” A student told us she had been chased off campus with her brother one night.
Students have reported having necklaces ripped off their necks and being pinned against walls, while walking back to their dorms on Friday afternoon and when they were on their way to synagogue. There were also multiple reports of visibly Jewish individuals simply walking past 116th Street who have been followed, stalked, and subjected to ethnic slurs and hateful statements, like “go back to Poland” and “I hope you guys suffer.”
A student told us that “Since October, most people on campus have felt apprehension. Then this Thursday we were walking onto campus. We weren’t wearing any symbols of Judaism. We were shouted at, ‘We don’t want no Zionists here.’ They were wearing keffiyehs and shoving us. No one is doing anything.…
One student explained that they were hesitant to attend Shabbat dinner lest their peers assume that they are Zionists who may “believe in genocide.”
The founder of an LGBTQ+ group sought to exclude Zionists from the group’s events in a flier that read “It’s FREE PALESTINE over here. Zionists aren’t invited.” The founder defended this stance in an email that evinced the slippage between anti-Zionism and antisemitism: “white Jewish people are today and always have been the oppressors of all brown people,” and “the Holocaust wasn’t special.”
One Israeli student reported that when she went to health services in July, no one came in to see her and she overheard a discussion between two healthcare professionals in another room in which one said they would not treat her because she was Israeli.
The first thing that I would like to bring up is student organizations hosting “Vigils,” labeled as “Glory to our Martyrs.” Some of the things said during these events are directly linked to Hamas verbiage, and I do not believe these are actual vigils. That language is not reflective of a vigil and it is violent. It feels like the promotion of death and hate.”
Students told us about chants such as, “Al-Qassam you make us proud, kill another soldier now,” “Yes Hamas, we love you, we support your rockets too,” or “We say justice you say how, burn Tel Aviv to the ground.”
There’s been very little discussion about this.
Leftist political groups and the media have colluded to turn the Hamas supporters into the victims after they got arrested when their harassment went too far. Columbia University leaders chose to publicly dismiss and privately sneer at Jewish students.
These are not accidents.
We are living in a country where two-tier justice and moral systems are becoming the norm. And that means the Left and its political allies are allowed to do anything that they want.
KoshsShadow says
Why does Columbia get any federal funding?
If Jewish students confronted Arab students on Oct 8, calling them terrorists and murderers, and ripped down Islamic symbols, they would have been severely punished.
bagsgroove says
Destroy the moslem lovers ! This is not an arabian hellhole,but a non-muslim country and a democracy !
SC says
Armed Mossad body guards are called for.
Pray Hard says
Finally, somebody gets it. Actually, however, the Jewish kids need to carry iron and know how to use it.
Walter Sieruk says
Those despicable violent malicious thugs at the University of Columbia who viciously attacked those Jewish students are so obviously have such a savage primitive mentally that they can’t and will not respond to reason or logic.
Nevertheless, to other American citizens ,who might be able to understand things, they should and need to heed the wisdom of the former US President, William Howard Taft, who in a speech ,rightly , declared “Antisemitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.”
gravenimage says
Columbia U Jewish Students Faced Violent Assaults from Hamas Supporters
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The question is whether anyone at Columbia cares about Jews being terrorized and attacked.
Daniel Bielak says
The answer is no … because administrators at Columbia (and in Western academia in general, and journalists and editors in Western news media) believe that Jews are evil, have too much power, are oppressors, stole the land of, and are oppressing and persecuting, the “Palestinian” Arabs, and that Jews whine. And those among those administrators (and journalists and editors) who are Jewish have Stockholm syndrome. I’m outraged at the vile bigotry, malice, and violence, that non-Jewish Westerners and non-Jewish Middle Easterners have subjected the Jewish people to for millenia. Western democracy owes its existence to the Jewish people. The world will reap the whirlwind unless Westerners, in general, defend the Jewish people and Israel against Islamic Jihadis and antisemitic Westerners. I am grateful to everyone who defends the Jewish people and Israel against Islamic Jihadis and antisemitic Westerners.
Relevant Articles by Dr. Francisco Gil-White:
SEMITISM vs. ANTISEMITISM (Part 1). The Structure of our History
franciscogilwhite.substack.com/p/semitism-vs-antisemitism-structure-of-history
Semitism Ascendant: The story of ancient Mesopotamia [SEMITISM vs. ANTISEMITISM Part 2]
franciscogilwhite.substack.com/p/semitism-vs-antisemitism-ancient-mesopotamia
The Church (and Western) paradox [SEMITISM vs. ANTISEMITISM Part 3]
franciscogilwhite.substack.com/p/semitism-vs-antisemitism-catholic-church-paradox
How did the Church become both Jewish and Greco-Roman? Paul did that. [SEMITISM vs. ANTISEMITISM Part 4]
franciscogilwhite.substack.com/p/semitism-vs-antisemitism-church-roman-jewish
Daniel Bielak says
Although sometimes I feel vexed because of the cruelty and injustice that the Jewish people endure, I usually keep in mind the following teachings.
“So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief.”
—Dhammapada – Verse 69, Khuddaka Nikāya, Sutta Piṭaka, Tipiṭaka
“It may be ill with the doer of good as long as the good ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the doer of good sees (the pleasant results of) his good deeds.”
—Dhammapada – Verse 120, Khuddaka Nikāya, Sutta Piṭaka, Tipiṭaka
“Whatever living beings there may be, without exception, weak or strong, long, large, or of medium size, short, subtle, or gross,
“Visible or invisible, living near or far, born or those coming to birth, may all beings have happy minds!
“Let no one deceive another, nor despise anyone anywhere. Neither in anger or in ill-will should anyone wish harm to another.
“As a mother would risk her own life to protect her only child, even so towards all living beings one should cultivate a boundless heart.
“One should cultivate for all the world, a heart of boundless loving-kindness, above, below, and across, unhindered, without hate or enmity.
“Whether standing, walking, or sitting, lying down or whenever awake, he should develop this mindfulness; this is called divinely dwelling here.”
—Excerpt from the Karaniya Metta Sutta—the Discourse on Loving-Kindness, Sutta Nipata, Khuddaka Nikāya, Sutta Piṭaka, Tipiṭaka
Pray Hard says
The real question is, “Do Jews care?” They’ve had almost a year to train in martial arts since 10/7. Furthermore, Jews have their very own martial art, krav maga. Have any trained? If they trained hard, most could be brown belts by now and would have no worries. Nobody is coming to save you, Jewish people. Your survival is on you.
marc says
I did KM 6 months pretty intensive as a kid, only just made yellow, moved to Judo due to too many injuries.
Daughter and wife both learnt to box, son teaches BJJ to kids while he’s working his way to black belt.
Most of my Jewish friends and their families have similar stories, maybe it’s more a regional thing.
KM is very tough, doubt you could even make Orange in 10 months https://kravmagalosangeles.com/krav-maga-belt-system/
Daniel Bielak says
So it should be allowed to commit assault against Jewish people without legal repercussions? I don’t think so.
And when Jewish people have fought back, or merely stood their ground, it is they who have been arrested or otherwise punished.
However, to your point, I do think Jewish that Jewish people should become tougher verbally.
Walter Sieruk says
Those dangerous and vicious hooligans should be arrested for assault and battery and in addition to those charges race hate crime charges should also be filled those violent and malicious anti -Jewish thugs.
Furthermore, those hostile pro- Hamas and anti-Israel lawless ruffians are a very reminder of the 1979 movie entitled TIME AFTER TIME in which the hero of that movie said “The first man to raise his fist is the man who has run out of ideas.”
Applying that wise statement to those aggressively violent pro- Hamas , anti- Israel punks at the university of Columbia ,they have proven by their striking out first that they are the ones of have “run out of ideas” to uphold and support their claims for their “cause.”
tgusa says
TIME AFTER TIME was a not bad movie. I remember when it came out. Low to mid budget. Certainly not expected to be a blockbuster. Created in a time that compared to today was at the mercy of primitive technology i both the making and the marketing. Before the internet, cell phones, cable TV (in 1979 not too many people in the USA had cable). Cable wasn’t built in to the homes. The movie was made in a more creative time so the movie had competition. Real competition.
Today Hollywood is failing. In this day and age TIME AFTER TIME would be considered a really good movie. I read articles asking why is Hollywood failing? The answer is simple. As a result of their strict doctrine leftists cannot be creative. No mater what they come up with it is sure to insult someone somewhere. And so, as a result, leftists have major creative blockage and hence the downfall. It is just one more case of leftists not thinking things through.
tgusa says
At this point it is crystal clear that leftists have a backbone that would make a wet noodle blush. If you are waiting for leftists to put it on the line make funeral arrangements first because you will die of old age before that happens.
Pray Hard says
When Chuck Norris was still fighting, he had a philosophy. That philosophy was to visualize what he was going to do to his opponent and to not worry/think about what his opponent was going to try to do to him. Jews need a completely new mindset. Their victim mentality is beyond tiresome.
Nabil Bissada says
Muslims are a coward.
In time you are giving them human rights, democracy and freedom they will never stop for trying to make a coup against the constitution, Christian religion and culture.
Deal with the Muslims by the same way their Muslims countries are dealing with them. No democracy, No human rights and No freedom. They will obey, respecting, the constitution and the flag.
In Egypt any migrants legal or illegal for any mistake they will deporting him immediately from the street to the airport. No way to take him to his apartment for pickup clothes or money.
If you want to keep your country safe and secure, who are asking for the sharia law and support Hamas send them to Gaza.
Forge the court and the judge when you deal with the Muslims terrorists, it’s a matter of life secure.
When you deal with Muslims you must be a dictator, it’s the only way they know for respect and to follow the rules.
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims
James Lincoln says
ALL federal funding to these Marxist Jew-hating universities needs to totally stop.
Totally.
OLD GUY says
Columbia should expel any member of Hamas and students, faculty or staff who participate in these demonstrations. If this was White students and university personnel demonstrating against blacks the Federal Government and every state agency would step in to arrest and prosecute all involved. So why the double standard?
Equal Justice for ALL.