Robert Kraft graduated from Columbia in ’63, and has been an enormous proponent of the college in each manner, together with financially … however all that modified Monday when the billionaire Patriots proprietor made it clear he wasn’t going to face by and watch his College be taken over by hate and vitriol.

“The school I love so much – the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity – is no longer an institution I recognize,” 82-year-old Kraft stated in an announcement launched by Stand Up To Jewish Hate, including, “I am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country.”

After all, since mid-last week, college students and others have taken to Columbia’s NYC campus to demand the College sever all ties to Israel. Some protestors have been seen exhibiting assist for Hamas and their actions on October 7, even calling for repeated assaults.

Kraft believes the college has misplaced a deal with on the scenario, and can’t adequately defend their college students.

“I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken. It is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and trust of the many of us who have lost faith in the institution.”

Whereas Robert is way from the one alumnus talking out, he is definitely probably the most influential. In actual fact, the Kraft Heart for Jewish Scholar Life, an on-campus hub for Jewish college students, bears his title.

Over the weekend, The White Home issued an announcement admonishing these at Columbia who aren’t peacefully protesting, and somewhat threatening to hurt Jewish college students.

“While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.”