The Israeli Perspective: Chico State Student Yarin Dan Chico State student Yarin Dan was shocked by the Oct. 7 massacre carried out by Hamas. Dan, a fourth-year student majoring in mechanical and mechatronic electrical engineering, was born in Be’er Ya’akov, Israel, in 2002. “It was crazy. I was mind-blown at first,” Dan said. Dan expressed.
On Tuesday, a candlelight vigil was held at Chico State’s Jewish Student Union, Hillel, in observance of the tragic Israel-Hamas war. Outside on the patio, attendees formed a large circle. Candles and tealights were distributed and glowed solemnly in the dusk light. Gil Klein-Cohen, Chico State Hillel’s President, led the crowd in two prayers: one.