I had a wonderful 3 years at the University of Wisconsin. Some of the best friends of my life were made there. Sure there were regular anti-Israel protestors but they were almost comical in nature (Jews United for Justice-4 middle aged men with a small protest sign). After seeing what is going on on liberal college campuses today, including at Columbia, a mere 6 blocks from JTS, I am enraged but not surprised. 

What can we do as these protests spread to numerous colleges throughout the United States? One thing is to withhold our funding to any of these universities that are not keeping our Jewish students safe. However I believe we need to do more. We need to call our local politicians and impress upon them the need for safety of our students-it is even better if we call on our non-Jewish allies to make these calls for us. We must also call on sanctions for those who are funding these demonstrations as well as elimination of federal and state funding for those who are allowing them to occur and putting their students in danger.

I want us to hear from our college students, as we did from Carly Klinger of Aggies for Israel on April 7, as to what they go through on a daily basis. I also want us to encourage sanctions on the countries who are funding Middle East programs who are inciting this hatred, most directly Qatar. It is no accident that these students are not only getting violent but also trying to incite Hamas to attack Jewish students on campuses. 

This is a crazy time that keeps getting crazier yet we will get through it with resilience and resolve. Am Yisrael Chai!v