US EditionActing Columbia President Claire Shipman Apologizes for Texts Suggesting Removal of a Jewish Trustee - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, JUL 2 – Shipman apologized for texts calling a Jewish trustee a 'mole' and suggesting her removal amid federal probes into campus antisemitism and student protests, with 62% of Jewish students feeling unaccepted.
- On Wednesday, Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman apologized after leaked texts showed she called for removing a Jewish trustee, prompting backlash.
- Early in 2024, Claire Shipman sent private messages calling for removing Jewish trustee Shendelman and appointing an Arab or Middle Eastern member, dismissing congressional probes as "Capitol Hill nonsense."
- According to last month’s Columbia Task Force survey, 62% of Jewish students feel low acceptance, and half report pro-Hamas encampments impact their routines.
- Following public backlash, Columbia Jewish Alumni Association demands Shipman’s resignation as the university faces four months of funding negotiations after a $400 million grant cut by the Trump administration.
- More broadly, the U.S. Education Department is investigating multiple campuses over antisemitism, prompting Columbia to commit to fighting anti-Semitism after accreditation warnings.
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Firing Columbia president would send 'stern message': Joe Concha
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman over her leaked texts, arguing that she cannot simply “walk away” from her statements against a Jewish university board member. Shipman has apologized for text messages she sent last year in which she said she did not believe Shoshana Shendelman, a Jewish member of the school’s board of trustees, ought to be on the board and agreed with someone w…
Columbia President Claire Shipman issues internal apology over messages school said lacked 'context'
Shipman said the “conclusions drawn in headlines” about her messages were “off base and misleading.” By Collin Anderson, The Washington Free Beacon Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman privately apologized to a small group of colleagues and donors over leaked text messages, first reported in the Washington Free Beacon, in which she argued that the school needed to get an “Arab on our board” and suggested that a Jewish trustee, Sho…
Acting Columbia President Claire Shipman Reportedly Apologizes for Urging Ouster of Jewish Trustee
Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman speaks during commencement ceremony on May 21, 2025. Photo: Jeenah Moon via Reuters Connect. Columbia University interim president Claire Shipman has reportedly apologized for urging the ouster of a Jewish member of the university’s board of trustees and the recruitment of “an Arab” board member during the 2023-2024 academic year, a time when the school was being rocked by a rise in antisemitic…
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