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2024-04-25 21:40:07 UTC
Columbia University faced a wave of fury over antisemitism on campus from
billionaire donors Monday with one calling pro-Palestinian mobs on the
campus fing crazy.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a Columbia graduate, said he was
stopping donations immediately and charged the college with failing to
keep its Jewish students safe.
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman, a business school graduate, said he
would stick with a stop on donations which began shortly after the October
7 Hamas massacres.
Sources told The Post that other billionaires, including industrialist Len
Blavatnik may also consider pulling back as the campus is rocked by pro-
Hamas protests which have left Jewish students traumatized.
Columbia Universitys leadership must take immediate steps to ensure that
Jewish students are protected from threats and intimidation, and that
those who violate their policies are held to account, Blavatnik, the
founder of Access Industries, told The Post.
Cooperman, Blavatnik, and Kraft have donated nearly $100 million in total
to Columbia, according to some estimates money that has created multiple
buildings on campus, scholarships for engineers, and a center for Jewish
students.
None of the donors has so far called publicly for the president, Nemat
Minouche Shafik, to be replaced, even as she faced pressure from
Republican members of Congress led by Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking
member of the House majority, and from the Columbia Jewish Alumni
Association to go.
Donors arent issuing an ultimatum, its just that they arent writing
checks anymore, another source with knowledge of the universitys
finances said.
The spectacle of students building a mass encampment of tents at the
center of campus, shouting pro-Hamas slogans and abusing Jewish students
enraged Cooperman, the Omega Advisors founder, whose parents immigrated
from Poland.
He told CNN, These kids are f***ing crazy. They dont understand what
theyre doing or what theyre talking about.
He told The Post that he had spoken directly to Shakfik and told her,
Stop hiring these left wing professors that fill kids with hate.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/billionaires-stop-columbia-cash-
over-anti-israel-protests/
billionaire donors Monday with one calling pro-Palestinian mobs on the
campus fing crazy.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a Columbia graduate, said he was
stopping donations immediately and charged the college with failing to
keep its Jewish students safe.
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman, a business school graduate, said he
would stick with a stop on donations which began shortly after the October
7 Hamas massacres.
Sources told The Post that other billionaires, including industrialist Len
Blavatnik may also consider pulling back as the campus is rocked by pro-
Hamas protests which have left Jewish students traumatized.
Columbia Universitys leadership must take immediate steps to ensure that
Jewish students are protected from threats and intimidation, and that
those who violate their policies are held to account, Blavatnik, the
founder of Access Industries, told The Post.
Cooperman, Blavatnik, and Kraft have donated nearly $100 million in total
to Columbia, according to some estimates money that has created multiple
buildings on campus, scholarships for engineers, and a center for Jewish
students.
None of the donors has so far called publicly for the president, Nemat
Minouche Shafik, to be replaced, even as she faced pressure from
Republican members of Congress led by Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking
member of the House majority, and from the Columbia Jewish Alumni
Association to go.
Donors arent issuing an ultimatum, its just that they arent writing
checks anymore, another source with knowledge of the universitys
finances said.
The spectacle of students building a mass encampment of tents at the
center of campus, shouting pro-Hamas slogans and abusing Jewish students
enraged Cooperman, the Omega Advisors founder, whose parents immigrated
from Poland.
He told CNN, These kids are f***ing crazy. They dont understand what
theyre doing or what theyre talking about.
He told The Post that he had spoken directly to Shakfik and told her,
Stop hiring these left wing professors that fill kids with hate.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/billionaires-stop-columbia-cash-
over-anti-israel-protests/