(NEW YORK) As pro-Palestinian protesters gather in solidarity and their tents, sleeping bags and banners dot the greenspace on campuses across the U.S., many students Jewish and non-Jewish alike could be seen at makeshift tables this week over a Seder dinner to honor the Passover holiday.The start of this year's Jewish holiday
At Passover Seders, many families addressed the war in Gaza. In some cases, generations clashed and tensions arose. “That’s the Jewish way,” said one host.
Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the US, some of which included Jewish Passover Seders, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza.
Columbia University threatened to call the National Guard and the New York Police Department on student protestors, if they did not leave their encampments on the university grounds, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (CUAD) alleged in a midnight post to social media.
(NEW YORK) — As pro-Palestinian protesters gather in solidarity and their tents, sleeping bags and banners dot the greenspace on campuses across the U.S., many students — Jewish and non-Jewish alike — could be seen at makeshift tables this week over a Seder dinner to […]