Overview
- Effective July 8, 2025, Davidai tendered his resignation after a year-long Office of Institutional Equity probe closed without any findings or penalties.
- He emerged as one of the earliest critics of Columbia’s response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations after the October 2023 Hamas attack, warning that the university had allowed antisemitic hostility to spread on campus.
- Columbia suspended him in April 2024 for alleged harassment of university employees, but its Office of Institutional Equity closed the probe this month with no conclusions of wrongdoing.
- Davidai said he decided to leave because he believed the university failed to take anti-Jewish and anti-Israel protests seriously.
- His departure arrives as Columbia faces federal funding threats and congressional pressure over its handling of campus safety and free speech.