Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(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 of Passover, which marks the Hebrews liberation from slavery in Egypt, coincided with intensifying calls against Israel s war in Gaza on college campuses."We as Jews have this idea of Tikkun olam to repair the world," said Zoe Kanter, a student protester with Yale Jews for Ceasefire. "And that s really a guiding principle for me … recognizing where there is injustice and suffering and working to repair it any way possible."At Passover Seders when Jews traditionally gather to recount the story of the Exodus, share symbolic dishes and pray participants reflect on themes of oppression, persecution,
College campuses across the United States have erupted with pro-Palestinian protests, and school administrators are trying – and largely failing – to diffuse the situation.
Certainly not at Columbia University, nor at Yale. Sahar Tartak, a Jewish student at Yale who is also a conservative reporter, was physically assaulted and blocked by protestors while attempting to film the pro-Hamas demonstration which included taking down an American flag on a university flagpole at that university.
From the East Coast to the West Coast, anti-Israel protests are taking place across college campuses as Jews are celebrating Passover, leading to hundreds of arrests, Jewish students fearing for