Ivy League student investigated after alleged antisemitic internship rejection: 'Not working for a Jew'

Cornell University has opened an probe aft 1 of its students reportedly turned down an internship with a Jewish-owned company, saying he's "Not funny successful moving for a Jew."

Austin Franco, a Cornell University student, rejected an internship interrogation with New York City startup VryfID due to the fact that its co-founders are Jewish, according to owners Gabe and Aiden Einhorn. VryfID says it connects renters with landlords portion besides verifying their identities, which the institution says volition forestall fraud.

"Hi Austin, I dont deliberation I saw you connected the telephone today. I cognize Sundays are not the champion times for meetings. I would inactive similar to person a speedy telephone and springiness you much details connected the company, arsenic good arsenic what we are building. College students are captious portion of helping VryfID grow. As a rising Senior astatine NYU Stern, I judge chap students are important to the maturation and occurrence of what we are building," Aiden Einhorn wrote.

"Not funny successful moving for a Jew. Thanks," Franco reportedly said.

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Aiden Einhorn and Gabe Einhorn founded VryfID. (Gabe Einhorn)

"This kid applied to our occupation connected handshake, we accepted him, and past helium responded this," Gabe Einhorn said.

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Franco reportedly sent the connection done Handshake, a occupation posting board, aft applying for a summertime internship astatine the company.

After Gabe Einhorn posted a screenshot of the exchange, Franco said, "I was stating wherefore I was not funny aft you had asked to interrogation 3 times. I recovered retired you were Jewish aft the fact."

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A pistillate walks by a Cornell University motion successful Ithaca, N.Y., connected Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

"My experiences with Jews person not been pleasant, some successful idiosyncratic and online. This is not to accidental I havent had affirmative experiences, but connected the aggregate that is not the case," Franco said. "Obviously, the reactions by your assemblage lone serves to further beryllium my constituent and bespeak your station connected X was not done successful bully faith. I americium definite that if you indicated you didn't privation to enactment for idiosyncratic who was achromatic oregon Christian this would not person blown up to the capableness it has present contiguous nor would you person been intimated arsenic I person been."

Cornell University said successful a connection to Fox News Digital that it condemns antisemitism, adding that its Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation.

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"Cornell University learned of a profoundly disturbing remark by a pupil connected the Handshake level successful usurpation of the online occupation board’s presumption of service. This incidental has been referred to the Cornell Office of Civil Rights for probe nether assemblage policy," a assemblage spokesperson said. "Cornell condemns antisemitism and each forms of hatred and favoritism successful the strongest imaginable terms. The assemblage is steadfastly committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful situation for each subordinate of our community."

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Gabe Einhorn told Fox News that Franco is conscionable different illustration of idiosyncratic who overgeneralizes others.

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"There's excessively overmuch hatred successful the satellite close present and to overgeneralize 1 circumstantial religion oregon 1 circumstantial contention is ne'er a bully thought due to the fact that you spot radical that are, crossed the committee from antithetic walks of life, that could go friends, bash concern together, that tin physique a household together," Gabe Einhorn said. "So I ne'er deliberation it's a bully thought to overgeneralize successful that sense."

Gabe added that helium lone shared the archetypal screenshot connected X to exposure antisemitism.

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"The extremity for maine successful that archetypal station was conscionable to amusement the information that determination is wide antisemitism successful the satellite aft seeing radical effort to contradict it and archer maine that it doesn't exist, I was trying to amusement an illustration of, 'look, this is intelligibly antisemitism, you can't reason against it,'" helium said.

Franco was expected to beryllium connected an X Space Sunday night, but backed out.

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A antheral walks done the Cornell University field successful Ithaca, New York, connected Nov. 3, 2023. The assemblage canceled classes aft a pupil was accused of making convulsive antisemitic threats. (Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images)

"I cognize everyone was looking guardant to a podcast contiguous astatine 10 PM, but I deliberation it would beryllium champion to enactment this connected hold. I would similar to spot however things make with Cornell and whether oregon not I volition person the accidental to be successful the fall," Franco said. "Regardless of the decisions made present contiguous oregon successful the future, cognize that adjacent if you disagree with me, I volition combat for what I judge is right—not for money, power, oregon thing material, but for the origin itself."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Franco for comment.