Batya Ungar-Sargon: The Antisemites Scream. And I Stiffen My Spine.

USC students attend an evening vigil on campus in support of Israel. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The worst thing that could come out of this moment would be for Jews to embrace the victimhood narrative.
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About a week after the October 7 massacre, I passed a large group of people in an airport who were waiting to check in for a flight to Cairo. One of the women ostentatiously clocked the Jewish star I wear around my neck and started whispering with her compatriots. As I walked by, she shouted at me, “Palestine will be free!”
I chuckled as I walked to my …
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