An anti-Zionist poster and pictures of children killed by Israelis, both put up in prominent places by an on-campus pro-Palestinian group, created tension at Wellesley—and then the two leaders of the Jewish student group Hillel were abruptly dismissed.

The two who lost their jobs were part-timers, one a director of Wellesley College Hillel and the other a chaplain. The school said that it will start immediately to look for a full-time rabbi to serve as chaplain.

The Boston Globe quoted Wellesley’s dean of students as saying that the change took place with the “sole purpose of strengthening Jewish life.” That’s not the way the students saw it, though. Said one: “The college’s handling of the situation was really bizarre and upsetting for the entire Jewish community.”