Jewish Columbia U. students chased, spat on, pinned against walls: report

Columbia University's Jewish student population faced extreme harassment in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel.

A Friday report by a faculty-led anti-Semitism task force revealed the school became a cesspool of anti-Semitism after the deadly attacks, the New York Post reported.

Jewish students at the Ivy League school reported "being shoved, pushed to the ground, berated for showing support for Zionist causes, and watching Israeli flags burned."

"They recounted seeing drawings of swastikas in their dorms, students yelling pro-Hamas chants, and being denied access to public spaces and opportunities simply because they were Jewish or Israeli," the report reads.

The task force heard testimony from nearly 500 Columbia students and found visibly observant Jews had been pinned against the wall and had their jewelry ripped off while going to and coming from the synagogue. Others reported being spat on or called ethnic slurs.

One student with a mezuzah on her dorm room door before Oct. 7 was forced to move out after assailants began pounding on her door demanding she explain Israel's war in Gaza.

"If I walk on campus right now with my star out or kippah or say 'am Yisrael chai,' I could start World War III," one anonymous student told the task force.