"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," the rabbi said. The post Columbia Rabbi Tells Jewish Students to Go Home for Their Own Safety as Pro-Hamas Protests Intensify first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., used an Earth Day press conference to praise students for coming together and calling the ongoing protests taking over campuses "peaceful." The post AOC calls Columbia protests ‘peaceful’, despite rabbi warning Jewish students to stay home first appeared on WFIN Local News.
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