Rabbi warns Jewish Columbia students: Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2024

The Issue: Columbia Rabbi Elie Buechler’s advisory for Jewish students to leave campus for safety reasons.

And the winner in the “Worst Advice Ever” category goes to Rabbi Elie Buechler, identified by The Post as a “prominent rabbi” at Columbia University (“Rabbi’s home run call,” April 22).

He has advised Jewish students there to run away, go home and work remotely. So, in effect, he is telling them they should signal defeat to the Jew-hating crowd and let them control the college campus that they have paid to attend.

Just because the protesters are louder and nastier doesn’t mean they get to dictate the conversation. As a spiritual leader, you are sending the exactly wrong message.

Gina Friedlander

Forest Hills