New Columbia University president dismissed House antisemitism hearing as 'nonsense'

Columbia University’s new acting president dismissed the congressional hearings on campus antisemitism as "nonsense" in a 2023 text message.

Claire Shipman, co-chair of the university’s board of trustees, was appointed as the acting university president on Friday.

Shipman derided congressional oversight efforts on antisemitism as "capital [sic] hill nonsense" in a text message to Columbia’s then-President Minouche Shafik while referring to a New York Times article that claimed the...