Skomarovsky said HIPJ leaders had previously removed Trager from the HIPJ planning list for actions Skomarovsky called “bordering on harassment.”
Skomarovsky said the leaders booted Martillo from the planning list at the same time as Trager.
Chanda R.S. Prescod-Weinstein ’03, a founding HIPJ member and a member of Hillel, said Trager unnecessarily inflamed the discussion.
“As a member of the Jewish community, I found the assumption that criticism of Israel was anti-Semitic was just offensive,” she said. “It didn’t create an environment where people wanted to have a dialogue.”
Skomarovsky said that he hopes the e-mails will not cause a rift between his organization and the Jewish community.
“HIPJ and Hillel are two organizations concerned with peace, and our cooperation should not be undermined,” he said.