Columbia University just got caught red-handed violating federal civil rights law for allowing rampant antisemitism on campus. The Department of Health and Human Services found the Ivy League school guilty of letting Jewish students face harassment and violence. This is what happens when woke administrators care more about appeasing radical activists than protecting innocent students.
A damning task force report from August 2024 revealed the ugly truth about Columbia. Jewish students were chased off campus, spat on for wearing religious clothing, and called murderers by their own professors. One Jewish student had to leave her dorm after being targeted for simply putting up a mezuzah on her door.
The antisemitism got so bad that faculty members recommended banning Israeli military veterans from the university. These are students who served their country as required by law, but Columbia’s radical professors wanted them gone. Another professor called the Israeli military an “army of murderers” right to a student veteran’s face.
CNN got caught trying to downplay this scandal during a recent panel discussion. Conservative commentators Scott Jennings and Caroline Downey cornered liberal panelist Keith Boykin about Columbia’s shameful record. You could see the panic in their faces as they realized they couldn’t spin away the facts.
This is typical behavior from the mainstream media and liberal elites. They spend years ignoring real antisemitism on college campuses while lecturing conservatives about tolerance. When the evidence becomes overwhelming, they scramble to change the subject or blame someone else.
Jewish donors were called “wealthy white capitalists” by Columbia faculty members. Students wearing kippahs faced physical attacks and verbal abuse. The word “Zionist” became a slur used to target any Jewish student, regardless of their actual political beliefs.
President Trump’s executive orders on combating antisemitism are finally being enforced under the new administration. The federal government is holding these woke universities accountable for creating hostile environments for Jewish students. This is what real leadership looks like.
Columbia’s interim president admits these incidents are “completely unacceptable” but only after getting caught by federal investigators. American families pay huge tuition bills expecting their children to get an education, not face religious persecution. It’s time to clean house at these radical universities once and for all.
