Jewish Professor Quits Jew Hating MIT for Yeshiva University
Another day, another Jew fleeing the evils of supposedly higher education in America.
A Jewish professor who resigned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over its handling of antisemitism has started teaching at New York’s Yeshiva University.
Mauricio Karchmer, a computer scientist, announced last month that he was quitting as an MIT professor after five years. He attributed his decision to the university’s response to antisemitism following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
“During a time when the Jewish and Israeli students, staff and faculty were particularly vulnerable, instead of offering the support they needed, the broader MIT community exhibited open hostility towards them,” Karchmer wrote in a LinkedIn post announcing his resignation.
Now, weeks later, Karchmer has landed at Y.U., the flagship Modern Orthodox institution located in Manhattan. The move comes as Jewish and Israeli educational institutions have made a play for Jewish students in light of widespread concern about campus antisemitism. Y.U.’s Friday announcement of Karchmer’s arrival referred to the school as a “safe haven.”
The university said in a statement that the dean of Y.U.’s business school, Noam Wasserman, offered Karchmer a position as a visiting professor immediately after Karchmer resigned from MIT. Karchmer will start teaching two classes this week — portfolio management, and math for computer science.
Karchmer’s resignation from MIT came weeks after a congressional hearing where MIT President Sally Kornbluth said calling for the genocide of Jews did not necessarily violate campus policies. Writing about his resignation from his “dream job” in the Free Press, Karchmer also listed other factors: He said the university had failed to issue a statement in support of Jews and Israelis after Oct. 7, and did not respond adequately to hardline anti-Israel rhetoric during campus protests.
Karchmer taught at MIT from 1989 to 1995, then returned to the university in 2019 after working in the financial sector. He holds a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
We wish Professor Karchmer all the best in his new role, and wish MIT nothing but misery for failing to protect Jewish people on their campus.
Bravo Professor!
MIT's loss , even if its one university at a time, dismantle every single one that practices discrimination
Thank you
Until the Fed stops funding these mouthpieces for antisemitism; nothing will change. Jewish students must not apply or transfer.