To President Michael I. Kotlikoff and the Cornell Office of Civil Rights:

We call on Cornell University to take immediate and serious disciplinary action against a Cornell student who refused to interview for an internship with the Jewish-owned startup VryfID with the message: "Not interested in working for a Jew. Thanks."

After being invited to interview, the student rejected the opportunity solely because its founders are Jewish, and then publicly defended the message.

This is naked antisemitism, exactly the kind of discrimination universities exist to confront. Cornell cannot call itself a safe and inclusive campus if it treats open anti-Jewish discrimination as a minor lapse.

We call on Cornell University to:

1. Conduct a prompt, transparent investigation and confirm the facts.
2. Impose meaningful disciplinary sanctions, including possible expulsion, for any university policy violations resulting from this conduct.
3. Publicly reaffirm that antisemitic discrimination will not be tolerated.
4. Require real education on antisemitism across the Cornell community.

Cornell has faced repeated concerns about antisemitism in recent years. This moment is a test of whether the university’s commitments are real.

Antisemitism cannot be tolerated. Cornell must act immediately.

[The Undersigned]

P.S. Please share this petition widely. Every signature makes it harder for Cornell to treat antisemitism as a minor lapse.