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Morton A. Klein, National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and the ZOA demand the immediate resignation of Columbia University’s Acting President, Claire Shipman, because of her Jew-hatred. Shipman just bestowed the university’s highest academic honor on Farah Griffin, a fervent BDS-supporting professor of African Diaspora Studies. Shipman also urged the resignation of a Jewish member from the Columbia Board, calling her a “mole.” Shipman sent despicable text messages that downplay, mock, and clearly indicate her continuing toleration of antisemitism on campus.
These messages recently came to light when House Committee on Education and Workforce Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) wrote to Columbia University seeking clarity regarding Acting President Shipman’s multiple disgraceful messages, including:
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Shipman’s statement that fear of antisemitism is not necessarily rational: In October 2023, during major outbreaks of antisemitism at Columbia, Shipman, then co-chair of Columbia’s board of trustees, wrote to Minouche Shafik, then Columbia’s president, that “people are really frustrated and scared about antisemitism on our campus and they feel somehow betrayed by it, which is not necessarily a rational feeling, but it’s deep and it is quite threatening.”
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Shipman’s denigration of congressional investigation: On December 28, 2023, Shipman wrote messages describing the congressional investigations into Jew-hatred on college campuses as “Capitol Hill nonsense.”
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Shipman’s call for more events with Jew-hating Columbia professor Khalidi, and denigration of those who would be harmed by this: Also on December 28, 2023, Shipman called for more campus events with antisemitic professor Rashid Khalidi, who demanded Israel be treated as a pariah, even though such Khalidi events “won’t be popular in some groups [meaning Jews].” Khalidi calls for treating Israel as a pariah; was a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist group; calls Palestinian Arab terrorists who murder Jews “Palestinian resistance fighters”; called “resistance” [terrorism] to Israel “legitimate”; falsely blamed Israeli “occupation” and “oppression” for Hamas’ and Gazan civilians’ October 7, 2023 massacres of innocent Jews; in November 2023, accused Israel of “mass murder and ethnic cleansing”; supports antisemitic BDS; participated in the pro-Hamas Columbia encampment; justifies chants calling for Israel’s violent elimination; and much more.
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