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A new survey of nearly 2,000 BBYO participants across North America found that 64% said antisemitism on campus was an important factor in their decision regarding where to attend college.
The free-speech group came under fire for working with Jewish pro-Israel actor Mayim Bialik, while corners of the Internet tried to smear author Gabrielle Zevin as a “Zionist.”
A wave of intense pro-Palestinian activism within the broad literary community has included bestselling Jewish authors being targeted online as “Zionists.”