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A Cornell University student who applied for a summer internship with a Jewish-owned NYC startup rejected the opportunity with a hateful message: \u2018Not interested in working for a Jew,\u201d the shocked CEO posted on X. <\/p>\n

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Austin Franco put his antisemitism on full display when he passed up an interview with VryfID because its co-founders Gabe and Aiden Einhorn are proudly Jewish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Franco, 19, delivered the message to both brothers via job board site Handshake after applying for a summer role at the company, which pairs renters with landlords and verifies their identities to prevent fraud.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Einhorns reviewed Franco\u2019s application and he was being considered for an internship with VryfID\u2019s growth team, which is tasked with attracting renters to the company. <\/p>\n

\u201cSad world,\u201d Gabe, 24, wrote on X Monday along with a screenshot of Franco\u2019s jaw-dropping eight-word response to trying to schedule a Zoom call: \u201cNot interested in working for a Jew. Thanks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gabe Einhorn told The Post he felt obligated to share the message to raise awareness of growing antisemitism. He blacked out Franco\u2019s name out of graciousness, but commenters quickly revealed his identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt bad exposing him because I thought he could have made a mistake and he really doesn\u2019t believe this wholeheartedly,\u201d Gabe said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the ivy leaguer soon made it clear that he meant every word of what he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The student who hails from Virginia doubled down in an X post shared the next day.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experiences with Jews have not been pleasant, both in person and online. This is not to say I haven\u2019t had positive experiences, but on the aggregate that is not the case,\u201d Franco wrote.<\/p>\n

Cornell \u2014 where Franco studies industrial and labor relations, according to his since-deleted LinkedIn profile \u2014 is investigating the incident. He sent the disgraceful message on Monday, about a month after Cornell\u2019s semester ended.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCornell condemns antisemitism and all forms of hatred and discrimination in the strongest possible terms,\u201d a university spokeswoman told The Post.<\/p>\n

Gabe and his younger brother Aiden, a 22-year-old NYU business student, launched VryfID in the summer of 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of renters struggling to search for apartments and getting rejected, we have them sign up, pay $20 to get verified. Then we actually bring them apartments that they actually qualify for,\u201d Gabe explained to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor landlords, it helps them fill up their units and brings them the right tenants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from content centered around the NYC rental market, Gabe, who wears a kippah, often speaks about his faith across his growing social media platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen some terrible things across the board \u2014 antisemitic things and just terrible things in general,\u201d Gabe said, adding that he had about five death threats just on Facebook the last time he checked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople just like to spread hate across social media because they\u2019re anonymous and they have no repercussions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The hateful message has left the brothers stunned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and my brother kind of looked at each other like, \u2018What?\u2019 We never really experienced [antisemitism] this directly,\u201d Gabe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole thing was just very shocking and uncalled for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Franco did not return requests for comment. His father, Alexander, a patent attorney, declined to comment. <\/p>\n

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Austin Franco, 19, put his antisemitism on full display when he passed up an interview with NYC-based company VryfID because its co-founders Gabe and Aiden Einhorn are proudly Jewish.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"\nAntisemitic Cornell student turns down interview because he's 'not interested in working for a Jew' - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1952\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antisemitic Cornell student turns down interview because he's 'not interested in working for a Jew' - 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