Jewish billionaire and philanthropist Henry Sweica resigned from the Board of Columbia Business School amid a rise of antisemitism.
He said the Ivy League school displayed “moral cowardice.”
“To my deep regret, the reputation and integrity of Columbia University, and by extension Columbia Business School, have been significantly compromised by a moral cowardice that appears beyond repair,” he wrote in a letter, according to Fox News.
“This is abhorrent,” Sweica added. “Any other minority group on campus would never have to face anything close to this level of intimidation and hatred of Jewish and pro-Israel students experience.”
“With blatantly anti-Jewish student groups and professors allowed to operate with complete impunity, it sends a clear and distressing message that Jews are not just unwelcome, but also unsafe on campus,” he noted.
American Faith reported that billionaire investor and Columbia University graduate Leon Cooperman pulled funding for his alma mater.
“We have one reliable ally in the Middle East. That’s Israel. We only have one democracy in the Middle East. That’s Israel. And we have one economy tolerant of different people, gays, lesbians, etc. That’s Israel. So they have no idea what these young kids are doing,” Cooperman told “The Claman Countdown” host Liz Claman.
“Now, the real shame is, I’ve given to Columbia probably about $50 million over many years,” he continued. “And I’m going to suspend my giving. I’ll give my giving to other organizations.”
