Top CUNY honchos OKd antisemitic Hunter College course now heads must roll

Gov.Hochul was resolute and clear-eyed Tuesday when she ordered CUNY to immediately shut down its ad seeking a “Palestinian Studies” instructor to teach courses steeped in antisemitism.As a CUNY professor and concerned Jew, I’m grateful for Hochul’s quick action — but it’s not nearly enough to halt the hate that’s burrowed deep into my university.The job listing sought a “historically grounded scholar” eager to teach classic antisemitic lies and tropes: that Israel is an “apartheid,”  “settler colonial” state that is committing “genocide.”It was one more example of CUNY’s steep decline — from a proud institution of higher learning dedicated to seeking truth, to a cult-like clan intent on antisemitic indoctrination.Given the immense scrutiny the city’s public university has been under for its many recent antisemitic controversies, any sane, decent person must be asking “What the hell is going on at CUNY? Are they crazy?”Indeed, before the governor shut the ad down, Hunter College despicably defended the job posting.Meanwhile, Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez was nowhere to be found, saying nothing about the hateful curricular plan and apparently intent on supporting it.Only after Hochul took action did Matos Rodriguez — the very same chancellor who hired an anti-Israel activist to adjudicate discrimination cases, including antisemitism cases, across CUNY — suddenly release a statement agreeing with her move.“We find this language divisive, polarizing and inappropriate and strongly agree with Gov.

Hochul’s direction to remove this posting, which we have ensured Hunter College has since done,” Matos Rodriguez and Board of Trustees Chairperson William Thompson told The Post.Really?Then why did Thompson and his Board of Trustees vote to approve that curriculum many months ago?And why didn’t the chancellor remove the curriculum himself in all the time since?As a department chairperson who has served on my cam...