Some Jewish students at Columbia took part in pro-Palestinian protests. Other Jewish students have said that rhetoric at protests has crossed into antisemitism and that the administration has been too tolerant of demonstrators who created a hostile environment for people who support Israel.

The Trump administration is threatening to yank $50 million in Columbia University's federal funding, accusing the school of failing to address claims of antisemitism amid pro-Palestinian protests. On Monday night,

The university, the administration’s first big target in a campaign to root out what it called harassment on campus, could lose more than $50 million in funding.