3 Columbia University administrators ousted from posts over controversial texts
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NEW YORK - Three administrators have been "permanently removed from their positions" at Columbia College and "remain on leave" over texts they exchanged during an on-campus event about Jewish life at the school, Columbia University's president announced Monday.
It happened during the school's reunion weekend at the end of May. The program was called "Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future," and took place a month after university leaders called in police to clear pro-Palestinian protesters out of an occupied administration building and dismantle a tent encampment that had threatened to disrupt graduation ceremonies.
One of the controversial messages suggested a panelist could have used recent campus protests as a fundraising opportunity. Another appeared critical of a campus rabbi's essay about antisemitism.
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