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Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate at Columbia University yesterday. (Photo by Yuki Iwamura via AP)
At our institutions of higher education, the quads are alive with hate.
By Maya Sulkin
10.13.23 — Education
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I was a deeply unpopular student at Columbia for a simple reason: I was a Zionist. When I posted photos on Instagram of swastikas graffitied across campus, I received private messages telling me I was “attention-seeking.” When I hosted pro-Israel events, commenters online accused me of blood libel. 

I left Columbia earlier this year in part because of th…

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Maya Sulkin

Maya Sulkin is a reporter at The Free Press. Before that, Maya was chief of staff. She started as an intern in 2021 while a student at Columbia University.

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