Three administrators at Columbia University have been ousted from their positions and placed on indefinite leave over controversial messages they sent during a panel on Jewish life at the university.
Their leaked private texts show the three Columbia officials made fun of witnesses testifying about antisemitism on campus.
Their removal from administrative positions comes after the House Committee on Education and the Workforce had published some of the disturbing messages last week.
Some of the texts reportedly accused critics of the university of using charges of antisemitism to raise funds.
In another message, one of the administrators texted a vomit emoji in response to the mention of an antisemitic Op-Ed by a campus rabbi.
“Jewish students deserve better than to have harassment and threats against them dismissed as ‘privilege,’ and Jewish faculty members deserve better than to be mocked by their colleagues,” said House Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC). “These text messages once again confirm the need for serious accountability across Columbia’s campus.”
The messages were sent during a May 31 panel discussion entitled “Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future.” That panel was held to address the rampant antisemitic protests that had crippled the Columbia campus and were allowed to persist
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