In a classroom during Jewish American Heritage Month, a contradiction played out that says more about our moment than any headline.

On one side sat a student organizing a protest against Israel—coordinating boycotts, building campaigns, mobilizing through social media. On the other sat a student immersed in a corner of right-wing politics where suspicion of Jews had hardened into something more explicit—broadcasting messages about “influence” and exclusion to a growing online audience.

They believed they had little in common.

Both depended—completely—on the very contributions they were, in different ways, dismissing........

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