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When Mom Was a Jewish Columbia Student

JL;DR SUMMARY Valerie Gerstein, a Jewish graduate student at Columbia University, recounts her experiences in the nonprofit management master's program amidst rising antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on campus. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasJewish EducationYom KippurProtestsHolocaust EducationNonprofit ManagementColumbia UniversityTitle Vi Lawsuit

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New York City, New York, United States
"Having chosen to stay home while my daughters were young, I had started planning for when they would leave our home in New York City for college."
India
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
Kenya
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
South Africa
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
Poland
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
Slovakia
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
Canada
"Students from India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Slovakia and Canada brought food from their home countries as we celebrated each others heritage."
Milan, Italy
"Our family recently went to Milan to celebrate the 100th birthday of Maria, a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Poland with my grandma and was with her in several concentration camps."

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