Elisha “Lishi” Baker said that he was told by an anti-Israel protester to “kill yourself” during a demonstration at Columbia University.
A Jewish Columbia University student was told to “kill yourself” and repeatedly kicked in the stomach during an anti-Israel protest on the New York City campus.
Elisha “Lishi” Baker, 21, told the New York Post that the antisemitic comments came after his shirt was scorched by fire.
He said that he felt that the protesters did not “see my humanity.”
“I knew the anti-American sentiment was rampant [among protesters],” Baker told the outlet Wednesday. “I didn’t know how deadly rampant it was until my shirt was on fire. Personally, I felt they didn’t see my humanity.”
Baker shared with the New York Post that curiosity brought him and his friend, David Lederer, to the protest at the Ivy League university’s campus.
