CORNELL DAILY SUN
Student Writes ‘Not Interested in Working for a Jew’ on Handshake, Cornell Reports Bias Incident
Everett Chambala
June 13, 2026

The University reported Austin Franco ’28 to the Office of Civil Rights for a bias incident in which he responded to a job offer with “Not interested in working for a jew. Thanks.” on Handshake, according to a June 8 X post from Gabe Einhorn, co-founder and CEO of the company which Franco was accepted to. The Sun spoke to Franco and Einhorn following the incident. Franco initially applied to a growth/sales role at Einhorn’s real estate startup, VrfyID, on May 26 through Handshake, a digital hiring platform, according to Einhorn. He was accepted in the first round and Gabe’s brother Aiden, who co-founded VrfyID, asked to set up a time for a meeting on May 29. Franco responded the same day with times he was available. Gabe told The Sun that both him and Aiden then offered two dates for students to attend, neither of which Franco went to. When Aiden followed up on June 8 to ask Franco about his attendance, Franco responded with “Not interested in working for a jew. Thanks.” READ MORE

JPOST Jewish start-up founders face hate for exposing antisemitic applicant’s messages “We were both just kind of shocked. My whole goal of posting this was to show this is a clear example of antisemitism. I only had maybe a thousand followers on X, so I didn’t expect it to reach the national news that it has.” Einhorn stressed that his initial intention was not to call Franco out; in fact, he didn’t publish his full name so as not to identify him publicly.

NEW YORK POST Sick fundraiser gets nearly $20K for Cornell student who turned down job to avoid ‘working for a Jew Sick supporters of an antisemitic Cornell student who refused a job interview because he was “not interested in working for a Jew” have raised nearly $20,000 for him — with the top donor forking over a symbolic $1,776. Austin Franco, 19, went viral when he hatefully declined an interview at VryflD, a New York City-based startup, because its co-founders, brothers Gabe and Aiden Einhorn, are proudly Jewish.