Joseph Edelman announced he would resign as a trustee at Brown University in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, citing his opposition to a divestment vote on Israel.

The former trustee wrote holding the vote was “morally reprehensible” and “an act of cowardice” in the wake of the deadliest assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Brown University trustee Joseph Edelman resigned in protest against the school’s upcoming vote on whether to divest from companies linked to Israel, saying the decision reflects a troubling stance toward rising antisemitism on campus.