On the surface, the wave of anti-Israel protests washing over college campuses across the country looks a lot like left-wing student activism dating back to at least the Vietnam War. Protesters chant radical, often rhyming, slogans accusing American and other Western governments of crimes against humanity with little to no scrutiny of the other side’s record on human rights.  Thinly connected, if not wholly unrelated, social causes are championed as part of the Rainbow Coalition model of progressive politics. (One placard that went viral on social media lists eliminating tuition at New York’s public universities among its demands alongside a ceasefire in Gaza.) Classroom activity and other parts of campus life are frequently disrupted as overwhelmingly liberal administrators and faculty look on in horror, often unsure of what to do. Painted signs at an encampment at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, include a map of Israel free of any Jewish presence, May 1, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images) A closer look reveals some important differences, however. While the demonstrations are more anti-Israeli than they are pro-Palestinian, often virulently so, many of the targets of its hostility are here at home. Jewish students report harassment and feeling unsafe on campuses where the loudest of these protests have taken hold. At Columbia University, ground zero for the latest conflagration, students have said invective and even liquids were hurled at them for the simple act...