Campus antisemitism at elite US universities is still a live problem, but some Jewish students are answering it with defiance rather than fear — a bad story for the schools, a more confident one for the students.

• Jewish students at Columbia have faced open hostility and worries about being physically attacked while crossing campus.
• One Jewish student at Harvard says the harassment is real but refuses to be intimidated, saying nobody there bothers him.
• He rejects the idea that campus pressure will make him hide or feel ashamed of being Jewish.
• His counterpoint on Harvard: the value is the network — classmates who are investors and children of billionaires, and the money that can follow after graduation.

Outlook: Antisemitism on elite campuses looks set to stay a running fight, with more students choosing to push back publicly instead of keeping their heads down.