Robert Kraft takes out full-page ads in major papers for his foundation against antisemitism

Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) took retired full-page ads successful respective newspapers past week – featuring a heartfelt missive by nan billionaire Patriots owner.

“As a postgraduate of Columbia University, I americium profoundly saddened by nan dislike and polarization taking spot coming connected a field I emotion truthful much,” Kraft wrote, aft he already pulled support for his alma mater past period amid unrest astatine nan school.

 A mob of anti-Israel demonstrators astatine nan Ivy League institution successful NYC illegally took complete Columbia’s Hamilton Hall world building and had an encampment connected nan school’s iconic lawn.

“I americium appalled that this dislike has only continued to emergence and has spawned increasing levels of beingness intimidation and threats of unit that person taken complete assemblage and assemblage campuses crossed our country,” Kraft’s connection via his foundation’s advertisement continued.

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“I judge governmental issues tin be, and astir importantly, should beryllium debated. They should beryllium debated vigorously. But vicious dislike reside and beingness intimidation, preventing others from emotion safe, pursuing their studies, aliases having their voices heard is wholly unacceptable.”

The NFL luminary, 82, besides based on that “shouting vile, dislike filled labels astatine students while hiding down masks is not free reside — it is cowardice,” and said that nan protestors astatine Columbia and different schools should beryllium “held accountable.”

Meanwhile, politician Eric Adams has besides addressed nan protests astatine Columbia and different New York City schools.

“One measurement to forestall nan costs from escalating is to person a zero tolerance,” he explained to FOX5. “As soon arsenic nan tents spell up, it comes down. Do not let this to proceed to expand. That is what we saw astatine Columbia University [and different campuses].”

Kraft’s latest people advertisement appeared aft his instauration had precocious launched TV ads during nan Academy Awards and nan Super Bowl.

The Oscars spot showed nan existent communicative of a teen boy whose barroom mitzvah was interrupted by a explosive threat to a Jewish temple successful Boston, Mass., past twelvemonth – and really a section religion stepped up to support nan boy’s family and thief them astatine a difficult time.

The advertisement is portion of nan Foundation to Combat Antisemitism’s $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign.

The foundation’s “blue square” run was launched complete a twelvemonth agone arsenic a “symbol of opinionated up to Jewish dislike and each hate.”

It has been supported by stars including Tom Brady, Mike Tyson, Dave Matthews and Jon Bon Jovi, among others.

Kraft explained successful his letter, “The ngo of nan Foundation to Combat Antisemitism is to build empathy among each Americans, young and old, arsenic a measurement to conflict nan rising dislike successful our country.”