  Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Columbia student Eliana Goldin: ‘It’s important that the entire world sees there is a strong contingent of Jewish students on campus who are Zionists and willing to stand up and speak for that’By Haley Cohen Hundreds of Jewish Columbia University students signed on to an open letter to the university community on Wednesday, declaring that they are “proud to be Zionists” while speaking out against the anti-Israel protesters that have engulfed the Ivy League campus since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. The letter, titled “In Our Name,” was authored by four students — Eliana Goldin ‘25; Elisha Baker ‘26; Eden Yadegar ‘25 and Rivka Yellin, Barnard College ‘26. By Wednesday night, it garnered more than 400 signatures. “Over the past six months, many have spoken in our name,” the letter opens. “We are here, writing to you as Jewish students at Columbia University, who are connected to our community and deeply engaged with our culture and history. We would like to speak in our name.” “Most of us did not choose to be political activists,” the students wrote. “We do not bang on drums and chant catchy slogans. We are average students, just trying to make it through finals much like the rest of you.” “If the last six months on campus have taught us anything, it is that a large and vocal population of the Columbia community does not understand the meaning of Zionism, and subsequently does not understand the essence of the Jewish People,” the letter continued. “Yet despite the fact that we have been calling out the antisemitism we’ve been experiencing for months, our concerns have been brushed off and invalidated.” You May Have MissedDOUBLE TROUBLEMcConnell, Johnson demand Biden answer for holdup of Israeli weapons shipmentsThe Republican leaders said ‘daylight between the United States and Israel at this dangerous time risks emboldening Israel's enemies.’ PROTESTERS' PROTECTIONEmerson College president offers to pay bail for anti-Israel protesters arrested at schoolJewish Emerson students said they’ve been harassed on campus, and faced chants calling for an intifada.Read more...       |
5.08.2024
Hundreds of Jewish Columbia students express pride for Israel and their Jewish faith in open letter
