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« Last post by SVPete on July 26, 2026, 08:12:09 AM »Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe
https://nypost.com/2024/04/24/opinion/jewish-students-come-here-to-the-south-where-youll-be-safe/
Author Glenn Reynolds is a law professor at UTennessee and the founder and a writer for Instapundit.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/24/opinion/jewish-students-come-here-to-the-south-where-youll-be-safe/
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Jewish students in the Ivy League, I’m here to offer an invitation: Come to the South, where you’ll be safe.
It’s manifestly not safe to be an Ivy League Jew. A prominent Columbia rabbi “strongly” advised Jewish students to go home and not come back: It’s become clear “Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy,” Rabbi Elie Buechler told students this week over WhatsApp.
And no wonder. An anti-Israel protester near the Columbia campus yelled at counterprotesters holding Israeli flags, “Go back to Poland!” and “Go back to Belarus!” The marcher waved the Palestinian flag in their faces and said, “Get the hell out of here!”
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Acts and threats of violence are all over, and it’s not just the Ivy League: At Berkeley, a female freshman was choked during a pro-Palestinian protest, and pro-Palestinian protesters mobbed a dinner at the law dean’s house.
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My advice to Jewish students at these institutions: Come on down. At schools like mine, the University of Tennessee, in red states, such intimidation, harassment and lawlessness aren’t tolerated.
Barbaric anti-Israel protesters are causing mayhem at the gates of Columbia University
In my city of Knoxville, after Hamas’ Oct. 7 rape/torture/murder/kidnapping spree, we had a pro-Israel rally attended by all our major civic leaders. The allegedly elite schools had marches in support of Hamas.
In the red states, support for Israel isn’t controversial. In our allegedly elite northeastern and California universities it can get you mobbed.
So why stay?
Sure, you’ll miss the good parts of New York or Cambridge (or . . . Philadelphia?). But red-state college towns are full of excellent bars, restaurants, music venues, theaters and other amenities of civilized living. (And at much more reasonable prices.)
People are friendly, and many of these schools have a lively Jewish presence and would welcome more. Maybe the degrees aren’t from Columbia, but the way things are going, is that so bad?]Jewish students in the Ivy League, I’m here to offer an invitation: Come to the South, where you’ll be safe.
Author Glenn Reynolds is a law professor at UTennessee and the founder and a writer for Instapundit.
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