TEL AVIV—At least two students have dropped out of Columbia University’s dual degree program with Tel Aviv University since Oct. 7, saying they feared out-of-control anti-Semitism on the Manhattan campus.
Others have considered leaving the program for the same reason, or said they wish they could. Eighty-five dual degree students, along with 80 of their parents, signed onto a letter sent to Columbia’s president and college leaders on Monday that said: “Since the October 7th terror attacks on Israel, our program specifically has faced heightened animosity and discrimination by students at Columbia.”
The letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, demanded an “official statement that our Dual Degree Program is supported by [the] administration and is not in danger of cancellation, and that TAU students are welcome at Columbia.” The administration had for months been silent on a student campaign calling…
