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Every graduate of NYC's elite Jewish Ramaz high school avoids Columbia for first time in decades
[NYPOST] None of this year's graduates of an elite Upper East Side Jewish high school will be attending Columbia University's premier liberal arts college for the first time in decades at least partly because of antisemitism.''For the first time in over 20 years, we will not have a Ramaz graduate enrolling in Columbia College,'' Ramaz said in a statement Sunday to The Post. One Ramaz student enrolled at Columbia's school of General Studies, and three students enrolled in Columbia-affiliated Barnard College for women — but none at the college, it said. Ramaz indicated that anti-Israel protests and hostility toward Jewish students at Columbia during the previous semester had a factor in its graduates not attending Columbia College. ''Ramaz provides as much information as possible about the situation at various colleges of interest, and we have given priority to issues surrounding the horrific rise in antisemitic instances at some schools, so that our students and their families are able to make informed decisions about which colleges are right for them,'' a Ramaz rep said in an e-mail. Rory Lancman, a top Jewish civil-rights activist whose two daughters graduated from Ramaz and who is a Columbia Law School graduate, said he would not recommend Jewish students to apply or attend Columbia at the moment because of Jew-bashing. Related: Columbia University: 2024-08-18 Columbia University's anti-Israel group seeking 'total eradication of Western civilization' Columbia University: 2024-08-15 Embattled Columbia president Minouche Shafik resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report Columbia University: 2024-08-09 3 Columbia University deans resign after ‘antisemitic tropes' texts scandal: report Posted by: Fred 2024-08-19 |
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