I gave a college lecture on Jewish identity — and confronted a mob of video vigilantes

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I gave a college lecture on Jewish identity — and confronted a mob of video vigilantes

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — As I walked into the lecture hall on the Cal State University campus here, someone handed me a flyer. The headline screamed, “Genocide Enablers Are Not Welcome.” It denounced the evening’s speaker for being “actively involved in financing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza,” and asked how could the university have dared to invite him to campus. The flyer featured images of human suffering in Gaza and, smack i…