Columbia still isn’t taking its antisemitism crisis seriously

Published March 31, 2025 2:11pm ET



Columbia University is still acting as if rampant antisemitism on its campus is nothing to be concerned about.

While the university continues looking for a permanent leader, it made Claire Shipman, a co-chair of its board of trustees, its new interim president. Shipman is the university’s third leader in two years. Columbia continues to deal with the consequences of antisemitic students and faculty creating a toxic university environment, which included a mob taking over a university building and trapping multiple janitors in the process.

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