The three deans include Cristen Kromm, the former dean of undergraduate student life; Matthew Patashnick, the former associate dean for student and family support; and Susan Chang-Kim, the former vice dean and chief administrative officer.
The suspension of the deans is the latest example of how Ivy League schools have moved to squash any speech critical of Israel or simply challenging the view that students who express pro-Palestinian sentiment are inciting antisemitism.
Columbia has been the spotlight of the student protest movement in solidarity with Gaza over the past several months.
They’ve done a great job of making the word antisemitism become so utterly baseless that I no longer react negatively to hearing it.
As this article reaffirms, it’s now used to refer to anything supportive of Palestinian peoples or critical of Israel.
If I was Jewish I’d be furious with Israel and these lobbyists.