A Columbia graduate who was “active in World War II” has donated $260 million to Israel’s Bar-Ilan University.
The anonymous donor’s offering is the largest donation ever received by the institution, and as American Jewish University Board of Trustees Chairman Harold Masor said, he and his wife Amy will also donate $4.5 million to the private school located in Los Angels.
Both gifts were made in the face of fierce pro-Palestine processions that have sprung up across the United States in recent months.
The donation to the Israeli school, again, was made by an unknown figure, who along with the sum, offered only two factors that identify who it could be.
It will go towards advances in technology, specifically scientific research, as the person in charge highlighted that he attended the school that has emerged as a focal point in the discourse around the current conflict.
A Columbia graduate who was “active in World War II” has donated $260 million to Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. The foreign campus of the private school is seen here.
The donation will go toward advances in technology, specifically scientific research, and the person responsible clarified that he attended the school that has emerged as a focal point in the discourse around the war. Pictured is an April protest on the Columbia campus.
“The donor, a man of extensive academic training, believed that the development of Israel’s technological resilience depends primarily on innovative science,” Bar-Ilan University President Arie Zaban announced at a board meeting on Monday. directive.
“The donor, a man with extensive academic training, believed that the development of Israel’s technological resilience depends primarily on innovative science,” the 79-year-old Israeli continued.
‘During his visits to Israel, he recognized the significant impact that Bar-Ilan University has had in key areas thanks to its science-based infrastructure and its deep connections with all sectors of Israeli society.
“This gift will be invested in the development of deep technology sciences and has the potential to positively influence the future of Israel and humanity.”
The university added in a statement that tThe donation will be used to recruit experienced researchers in fields such as “energy, environment, cryptography, bioconvergence, quantum, artificial intelligence and natural language processing.”
“Bar-Ilan will take the lead in building advanced research laboratories,” he continued.
“(It will support) advanced degree students and create state-of-the-art innovation centers.”
Bar-Ilan is one of Israel’s largest public research universities, with about 19,000 students.
The donor not only set out to tell viewers that he fought in a conflict rooted in anti-Semitism, but also reiterated how he graduated from Columbia.
The donor not only set out to tell viewers that he fought in a conflict rooted in anti-Semitism, but also reiterated how he graduated from Columbia.
Police in riot gear stand guard as protesters chant outside the Ivy League school on April 18.
“The donor, a man of extensive academic training, believed that the development of Israel’s technological resilience depends primarily on innovative science,” Bar-Ilan University President Arie Zaban said of the donation on Monday. A day earlier, Harold Masor said he and his wife will donate $4.5 million to the Los Angeles private school.
“It is a slap in the face of Colombia. It’s just the beginning,” added politician Hank Sheinkopf, offering his vision to the famously pro-Israel. New York Post.
Meanwhile, the school in Upper Manhattan has become a focal point of student unrest seen across the United States, and the donation seems to indicate dismay over this.
Additionally, Iran’s Supreme Leader – whose Hezbollah has long been seen as a threat to Israel – thanked American college students for joining his country’s “resistance” movement against Israel with its recent series of campus protests. .
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote in X last week. “Dear college students of the United States of America, you are on the right side of history.”
“Now you have formed a branch of the Resistance Front and have begun an honorable struggle in the face of ruthless pressure from your government, which openly supports the Zionists.”
in an open letter Posted the next day, the radical Islamist addressed American students again, this time to say: ‘This is an expression of our empathy and solidarity with you. As you turn the page of history, you find yourself on the right side of it.’
The Ayatollah’s shocking endorsement surprised many, considering the Supreme Leader’s abhorrent record on human rights.
Just this month, Iran executed three men who participated in anti-government protests, joining four who have already been hanged since late last year as part of the regime’s response to demonstrations against the Islamic Republic.
Additionally, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week thanked American college students for joining their country’s “resistance” movement against Israel with its recent series of campus protests.
Also this month, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, 70, was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos before flag-waving students marched out of the Wallace Wade Stadium event on Sunday.
They objected to Seinfeld appearing due to his pro-Israel views, after which the North Carolina school issued a statement to DailyMail.com.
“We are excited and delighted for the class of 2024 and their families,” said Frank Tramble, vice president of marketing, communications and public affairs at Duke.
“We understand the depth of feeling in our community and, as we have done all year, we respect the right of everyone at Duke to express their views peacefully, without impeding graduates and their families from celebrating their accomplishments.”
A few days earlier, President Joe Biden compared Hamas’ actions to those of the Nazis and condemned the “fierce wave of anti-Semitism” surging across the United States.
“I have not forgotten it, nor have you, and we will not forget it,” the president said during remarks at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol.
“As Jews around the world still face the atrocities and trauma of that day and its aftermath, we have seen a fierce surge of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world,” he said.
A few days earlier, President Joe Biden compared Hamas’ actions to those of the Nazis and condemned the “fierce wave of anti-Semitism” surging across the United States.
Biden’s speech at the Capitol on Tuesday came as tries to balance his support for Israelthe war with concern for the citizens of Gaza and amid tensions in his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu.
He spoke as Israel sent tanks into Rafah and took control of the Gaza side of a crossing into Egypt that is a major conduit for humanitarian aid, and as university campuses continue to be rocked by pro-Palestinian protests.
Some, including Columbia, have canceled entire graduation ceremonies and graduations; the Ivy League school decided to do the latter in May.
The president, in a powerful speech received with several rounds of applause, promised to support Israel’s right to exist “even when we disagree.”
He began his remarks by tracing the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany in 1933, noting that the dictator came to power by “reviving one of the oldest forms of prejudice and hatred: anti-Semitism” through propaganda and economic hardship.
“We recommit ourselves to harnessing the lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history, revitalizing ourselves, and taking responsibility for never again,” he said.
And, he noted, “the truth is that we run the risk of people not knowing the truth.”
“Now, here we are not 75 years later, but only seven and a half months later,” he added, referring to the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
“People are already forgetting, already forgetting, that Hamas unleashed this terror,” he said and swore: “Neither I nor you have forgotten it.” And we won’t forget it.’