House Education and Workforce Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx accused Columbia University president Minouche Shafik of “gross negligence” at the top of a Wednesday congressional hearing over her handling of rampant antisemitism on the Ivy League campus. The Bronx-born Foxx (R-NC) laid into Shafik in her opening statement, calling attention to antisemitic demonstrations and even violence that erupted at Columbia in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed an estimated 1,200 people. “Columbia stands guilty of gross negligence at best — and at worst has become a platform for those supporting terrorism and violence against the Jewish...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
