Rabbi Steven Burg told Newsmax Monday that the antisemitism on display at Columbia University and other colleges shows that there’s a big problem with what students are learning in schools today.
“I think we’re teaching them all the wrong things,” Burg said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “American Agenda.” “To say that Osama bin Laden, after he slaughtered so many thousands of Americans in New York City, to say that he’s someone that should be looked up to I think it’s horrific. I think that the founding fathers of America were absolutely incredible role models of what it means to live free and we have to restore that to our campuses.”
Anti-Israel student demonstrations have roiled the Columbia University campus for nearly a week, and with Passover — a major Jewish holiday — set to begin Monday night, Columbia President Minouche Shafik announced that all classes would be held virtually in order to “deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps.”
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