This makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? Who can blame these students, given what we have seen in recent months?
WABC News reports:
Jewish students seek more secure environment after Hamas attackThere has been a rise in antisemitic incidents at college campuses ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel.The incidents have prompted more students to choose Jewish schools, and at Yeshiva University, enrollment has soared to a record high.”After Oct. 7, every time I walked into class, it felt like someone was giving you a dirty look,” Ethan Oliner said.Oliner planned on getting his degree from Cornell. He says rising tensions on campus forced him to transfer to Yeshiva University this spring.”It’s a safe environment where you’re able to focus on your actual studies and not focus on fighting antisemitism every day,” he said.Oliner’s story isn’t unique.Since the Oct.7 Hamas attack, Yeshiva school officials say they have seen a rise in enrollment by roughly 52%. Many of them are Jewish students from Ivy League colleges, who wanted a more secure environment.”We are so packed, we took out, for example, additional residences in Midtown for our Midtown campus and we’ve had to expand our footprint,” said Yeshiva University President Ari Berman.Berman has taken steps to combat antisemitism, including leading a delegation of university presidents for the first time to the march of the living in Auschwitz earlier this month.
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