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Meanwhile, in Gaza.
You know why they call you that, right Jew?
They call you “baby killer” because you kill babies.
That’s why they call you that.
The Post spoke to four Jewish students whose universities have been the subject of antisemitism probes about their concerns going into a new school year.
Nicholas Baum had one great month as a freshman at Columbia last year, until tragedy struck.
“I simply enjoyed the Columbia experience up until October 7th,” Baum, 19, told The Post. “It was fantastic. I felt very safe, and I felt free to express my Jewish identity.”
In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Baum, who grew up in Glen Ridge, NJ, found short-lived solace in his Jewish community.
“My Jewish peers, we came together, we mourned together, we became one, we became a whole, and it was a really beautiful thing to see,” he said. “But what I soon became shocked by was the lack of sympathy or solidarity from the rest of the Columbia community.”
Within days of the tragedy in Israel, Columbia was taken over by massive pro-Palestine protests, leaving Baum feeling “completely unsupported.”
Oh no.
Not “unsupported.”
No one should have to feel that emotion. Especially no one whose entire family was gassed by Hitler or raped and decapitated by Hamas or whatever.
“I was completely blindsided by it because I felt as though the Colombian community— even if they rightfully have many criticisms of the Israeli state and its treatment towards Palestinians — they would at least have the basic humanity and nuance with us Jewish students over the fact that we had family and friends killed on October 7th,” he said.
Baum said he heard protesters right outside the campus gates call for Jews to go back to Poland and for Tel Aviv to burn to the ground.
As he gets ready for his sophomore year, Baum, who is studying economics and statistics, is nervous to return to campus.
“Almost every student I know agrees that the protesting will be to similar levels, if not worse this year than it was last year,” he said. “I just hope that my fellow classmates can at least have the decency to steer away from blatant antisemitism.”
“There was definitely a lot of verbal harassment,” sophomore Yaam Malka told The Post of her first year at Temple University in Philadelphia. “We were having massive rallies go through our campus, screaming vile things. Students were being called baby killers, terrorists, k–es.”
Everyone should remember this moment.
This is a historical point at which the narrative shifts and Jews are no longer the world’s greatest victims.
The moment actually happened almost a year ago now, when the Jews began the slaughter in Gaza. (Yes, that was almost a year ago – remember when the media was saying “it looks like Israel is going to go ahead and ‘take out’ Hamas,” and I was like “yeah we’ll see, lol.”)
But now, after 11 months of antisemitism, it is just normal to accept that most people think the Jews are baby-killing kikes and a force of global terrorism.
This is really a big deal, and it is the best thing that has ever happened, and people should stop caring that the elections are fake. Why would you care about a fake election when masses of people are now finally talking about who is staging these fake elections?
Don’t be down, friend. Things are getting better.