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A fourth dean, Columbia College Dean Josef Sorett, also was involved in the text stream, but he apologized for his role last month and will keep his job. He wrote to students on Monday, saying he is “deeply sorry” this happened in a community where he is “responsible for setting the culture and tone of the staff.” He vowed to do “the work of healing and repair and rebuilding of trust and accountability,” noting that “while not intended as such, some of the text messages exchanged may call to mind antisemitic tropes.”

Baker called Sorett’s phrasing “sad.”

“I’m struggling to understand why it is still so hard for our administrators to unequivocally call out antisemitism,” Baker said. “The administration must commit […] to setting morally clear standards and expectations regarding the treatment of Jews on campus.”