My Post-Graduation Plan? I’m Immigrating to Israel.

New Jewish immigrants kneel down upon their arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. (Gil Cohen Magen via Getty Images)
For me and other young Jews, the future is no longer in America. What we experienced on campus has a lot to do with it.
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“Hello Ms. Weiss, Please excuse any typos, I’m writing this half asleep on a train…”
Thus began a cold email I received in September 2019 from a young man named Blake Flayton. He was a student at George Washington University, he told me. He had just read my book, How to Fight Antisemitism, and he wanted to tell me more about the atmosphere he was facing…
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