Re: Columbia U Fails to Mention Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day

On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:19:23 -0400
moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 5/7/2024 9:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

https://www.campusreform.org/article/ayfkm-columbia-university-makes-no-mention-jews-holocaust-remembrance-day-post/25415
 
Columbia University initially failed to include Jews in an
Instagram story highlighting Holocaust Remembrance Day, but later
re-posted the graphic and changed the language.
 
The original Instagram story post by Columbia on Monday made no
mention of the Jewish people or what happened to them during the
Holocaust.
 
"On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we shine a light on the importance of
learning to think critically about the role and responsibility all
of us share in standing up against hate," the Instagram story
stated.
 
After being ruthlessly dragged on social media for it, Columbia
later posted a new graphic to its Instagram story, this time
mentioning Jews.
 
"On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember those sent to their
deaths just for being Jewish, and we commit to reject hatred in all
of its forms, including antisemitism, which has no place in a
civilized world," the revised post states. 

 
So, they were browbeaten into stating the patently obvious...
 
 

The only patently obvious thing is that may of the students at Columbia
- and their faculty enablers - are extremely hostile to Israel and Jews
in general, aside from the far left anti-capitalist Jews that support
Hamas. I see no reason to assume that the administration in general is
supportive of Jews or opposed to anti-semitism based on what they've
tolerated in the last several weeks. Omitting Jews from the original
statement seemed right on brand for them, not an oversight.


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Rhino