Columbia suspends Israeli assistant professor until he completes behavioral training | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 16 Tishri 5785 – Friday October 18, 2024

Photo credit: Shai Davidi on Instagram

Columbia University temporarily suspended business school assistant professor Shai Davidai’s access to campus on Tuesday, according to the Columbia Spectator citing university spokeswoman Millie Wert.

Davidai made public the university’s decision to bar him from campus in a video posted to his Instagram account Tuesday evening. In the video (see below, but be warned, it contains profanity), he says: “The University has decided to no longer allow me to be on campus. My job. For what? Because of October 7th. Because I wasn’t afraid to stand up to this hateful crowd. And because I wasn’t afraid to expose Mr. (expletive) Cas Holloway.

Wert said Davidai “repeatedly harassed and intimidated University employees in violation of University policy.”

She continued: “Columbia has always and continually respected Assistant Professor Davidai’s right to freedom of speech and to express his opinions. His freedom of expression was not limited and is not limited today. However, Columbia does not tolerate threats of intimidation, harassment, or other threatening behavior from its employees.

Here is a series of tweets from Professor Davidai. Let’s hope that Columbia follows in the footsteps of Harvard, which has just announced that it is losing 14% of contributions from its major donors.

Hey @Colombia,

Remember when no one got suspended for this?

This seems like a double standard to me. https://t.co/5DJ3jPhUvZ

– Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) October 18, 2024

The student organization that supports terrorists @Colombia praising the October 7 massacre, using the name given to it by Hamas.

They then praise “Chairman Mao,” the communist dictator who murdered millions of his country’s citizens.

Finally, they educate their… pic.twitter.com/EMPUju0z3p

– Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) October 17, 2024

? Breaking: @Colombia refuses to allow @ShaiDavidaiprofessor at the university, to enter the university?@Colombia is open only to Hamas supporters. Jewish professors are refused entry.pic.twitter.com/us3yTueDdm

– Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) April 22, 2024