Wednesday, April 17, 10:15 AM - Livestream

The House Education and Workforce Committee will hold a hearing entitled, Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Antisemitism. Witnesses (so far) will be: Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, President, Columbia University; Ms. Claire Shipman, Board of Trustees Co-Chair, Columbia University; and Mr. David Greenwald, Board of Trustees Co-Chair, Columbia University.

NOTE FROM THE COMMITTEE: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing to call on the leadership at Columbia University to answer for the rampant antisemitism engulfing their campuses and threatening their Jewish students.

NOTE FROM NENJP CALENDAR: Students at Columbia supporting justice for Palestine are being harassed, doxxed, attacked with skunk spray (on at least one occasion), and suspended. To call their rallies and actions in support of Palestine antisemitic is ridiculous. This Committee Hearing will be difficult to watch…

NOTE FROM FMEP: The decision by officials of Columbia University to voluntarily subject themselves to what will be another grandstanding, anti-academia witch hunt is just mind-boggling.  Truly.

Also see: Columbia University leaders to get grilled by Congress at antisemitism hearing (CNN 3/12/24); Columbia University leaders to testify before Congress on campus antisemitism (Jewish Insider 3/12/24); Columbia university president to testify about campus antisemitism (Jewish News Syndicate 3/13/24)

More info and livestream link: "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" | Committee on Education & the Workforce (house.gov)