Whoever prepared Columbia University’s four witnesses for their congressional hearing Wednesday clearly studied December’s campus antisemitism hearing. The quartet aimed to sound calm, concerned, and likable. But their performance only put lipstick on an ugly situation. 

President Minouche Shafik took credit for listening to concerned Jewish students. But Jews at Columbia have described being ignored or dismissed by administrators, including Shafik. And while Shafik sounded reluctant mentioning Columbia investigating vocally anti-Israel professors, she didn’t hesitate when sharing that Columbia is investigating the Israeli professor who has regularly exposed Columbia’s antisemitism.