Now, there's a debate about whether this was necessary, but I understand why it was done: the rise of antisemitism has been underreported, with outlets either ignoring coverage, providing poor responses, or blaming Donald Trump. A nineteen-year-old Cornell student was criticized this week for turning down a job interview. It’s what he said to his potential employers about an internship that caught some attention. The employers are Jewish.
19-year-old Austin Franco is now known for all the wrong reasons after turning down an internship with a NYC-based startup because the owners are Jewish.
“Not interested in working for a jew”
— Gabe Einhorn (@EinhornGabe) June 8, 2026
This kid applied to our job on handshake, we accepted him, and then he responded this.
He probably knows nothing about Jews accept for what they tell him in college and on social media. Sad world. pic.twitter.com/6dFhpT7iST
“Not interested in working for a Jew,” said Franco. This response was shared by Gabe Einhorn, the co-founder (via NY Post):
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.
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.
The Einhorns reviewed Franco’s application and he was being considered for an internship with VryfID’s growth team, which is tasked with attracting renters to the company.
“Sad world,” Gabe, 24, wrote on X Monday along with a screenshot of Franco’s jaw-dropping eight-word response to trying to schedule a Zoom call: “Not interested in working for a Jew. Thanks.”
Gabe Einhorn told The Post he felt obligated to share the message to raise awareness of growing antisemitism. He blacked out Franco’s name out of graciousness, but commenters quickly revealed his identity.
“I felt bad exposing him because I thought he could have made a mistake and he really doesn’t believe this wholeheartedly,” Gabe said.
But the Ivy Leaguer soon made it clear that he meant every word of what he wrote.
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Cornell — where Franco studies industrial and labor relations, according to his since-deleted LinkedIn profile — is investigating the incident. He sent the disgraceful message on Monday, about a month after Cornell’s semester ended.
“Cornell condemns antisemitism and all forms of hatred and discrimination in the strongest possible terms,” a university spokeswoman told The Post
Now, before some say, ‘he’s just a kid,’ normally I would agree, but Franco took to Twitter and doubled down, so he can obviously handle the heat.
Still, yikes, man.
I was stating why I was not interested after you had asked to interview 3 times. I found out you were Jewish after the fact. My experiences with Jews have not been pleasant, both in person and online. This is not to say I havent had positive experiences, but on the aggregate that…
— Austin Franco (@AustinFranco123) June 9, 2026
