Replace Rabbi Buechler @ Columbia U / Barnard
Almost as bad as the Harvard Rabbi who invited Claudine Gay to light a menorah
I was about to call up 770 because I originally thought this was a Chabad rabbi but I found out he's from the OU.
This man might be a nice guy, he may be very studied, he may even be a scholar, but he is not a Jewish leader. Jewish leaders have chazak (strength/courage), and this man is promoting that Jews give that up.
A rabbi, especially a rabbi who is in a role for young people who are away from home, is supposed to be like a father for his young congregants. A father is supposed to show strength and be able to protect his family. Children who grow up with weak fathers usually end up turning to either drugs, illicit sex, or just simple failure to launch.
As it is said, weak men make hard times.
I would rather see Chabad Rabbi Raziel Cohen go there and teach all the students how to defend themselves, then allow these freaks to make another space Jew free.
Now they're going to go home and be individuals facing mobs in their hometowns rather than a united group of friends on campus who know each other that could mount an opposition to these savages?
He's not even going to offer a free self-defense class at a local dojo before they leave or anything?
We literally have an entire fighting system called Krav Maga that was specifically developed for fighting Jew haters.
It's complete nonsense to tell them to just leave and give up. If you give these Jew haters an inch, they will take 2000 miles.
Would you tell the same thing to Israel? "Oh this is a hostile area, you should just go away..." Insane.
Keep in mind I don't support the concept of attending University anyway, but for those Jews who do want a university education and have paid good money either out of the taxpayers or their own families pockets, they deserve the educational access and no coercive intimidation should stop them.
Rabbi Buechler should be replaced immediately and reprimanded by the Orthodox Union.