Final Columbia University antisemitism report details disturbing examples of Jewish students being cruelly singled out
New York Post
A Columbia University public‑health instructor gave a furious lecture to 400 incoming students, saying the school’s prominent Jewish donors were only giving money “to launder blood money” and denying that Israel exists. The comment was highlighted in the university’s latest “antisemitism report.”
The report, issued by the Ivy League’s task force on antisemitism, details a spectrum of shocking incidents in which professors turned classes into personal platforms for anti‑Israel rhetoric.
“The examples in the report show how deep antisemitism can run at Columbia,” said Ari Shrage, a graduate and co‑founder of the Jewish Alumni Association, in a statement to The Post.
A handful of faculty members have faced consequences; most, however, remain on the teaching roster. “Tenure does not grant a free pass to violate students’ rights, and real change requires accountability,” added Shrage.
Although many of the cases were previously public, the new document supplies more elaborate accounts of harassment directed at the university’s Jewish community. None of the individuals involved were named.
In the public‑health field, the Mailman School did not renew the instructor’s contract. He later told the Wall Street Journal that the students who raised concerns were “privileged, white students” unaware of their benefitting from a “system of white supremacy.”
The report follows Columbia’s “F” grade in Stop Antisemitism’s 2025 report card, prompting the institution to adopt sweeping policies after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack in Israel.
One highlighted case involved an Israeli student who had served in the Israel Defense Forces. During a discussion of the current conflict with Hamas, the professor labeled the IDF an “army of murderers” and directly accused the student of being one of the murderers. According to the report, such incidents—though infrequent—underscore the importance of new policies.
“Our handbook states that faculty should stick to their subject matter, and these examples illustrate why that rule matters,” said David Schizer, Dean Emeritus of Columbia Law and co‑chair of the task force. “This was not a blanket problem in all classrooms, but it did occur too often.”
Other incidents highlighted a gross disrespect for private communications. A student who emailed a professor to challenge the class’s framing of the Middle East had the teacher read the email word‑for‑word in front of the class, providing a line‑by‑line rebuttal.
Schizer warned that while academics have latitude, “academic freedom is not a license to harass or discriminate. You can’t do whatever you want.”
Students interviewed for the report recounted times when professors pushed hard anti‑Israel views into unrelated courses—photography, architecture, nonprofit management, film, music humanities, and Spanish, among others. In a Spanish class, for instance, a teacher suggested that Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, was an antisemite, a claim that the student found utterly baseless.
A professor in an introductory Arabic class used a sentence, “The Zionist lobby is the most supportive of Joe Biden,” illustrating an attempt to weave partisan commentary into vocabulary lessons. Other teachers introduced falsehoods about Hamas atrocities, claiming sexual violence was exaggerated or fabricated, despite extensive documentation from credible news sources and the United Nations.
Reports also described faculty encouraging students to join anti‑Israel encampments in Morningside Heights. Some canceled classes hoping students would protest; others moved sessions off campus to use them as political organizing venues. A few even held office hours inside the encampments, where “Zionists were not welcome,” according to the task force.
Columbia’s handling of campus antisemitism has drawn scrutiny from the Trump administration, which threatened to cut $400 million in federal funding. In March, the university enacted broad academic and disciplinary reforms to align with the administration’s demands.
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