Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

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As pro-Palestinian student protests dominated college campuses across the country in recent weeks, Jewish students had fervent debates over how to respond.

Rabbi Levi Cunin, with Chabad on Campus, speaks during a pro-Israel rally at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, May 2, 2024. are wide-ranging and often nuanced. It wasn’t for a lack of passion about the war, empathy for its victims, orThey have had fervent debates with each other over whether and how to respond as pro-Palestinian encampments spread from one university to the next. Some joined the encampments.

Senior Brina Cartagenova clutched a necklace with her Hebrew name on it, the same necklace she'd previously taken off over fear of retaliation on campus. Vowing to stamp out Hamas, Israel has waged a brutal campaign against the militant group that rules Gaza in a conflict that has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians along the way, according to the Health Ministry there.

“Not everyone is actively endorsing these antisemitic posters and chants and signs and graffiti, but it feels like a large majority is at least OK with it — OK enough to to ignore it and to let Jewish students continue feeling unwelcome,” said Lily Cohen, 21, a Jewish student at Northwestern University.Inside the Northwestern encampment was another Jewish student, junior Paz Baum.

As Baum held a sign reading “Jews for a cease-fire,” she said they lobbed antisemitic slurs at her. Other pro-Palestinian protesters have said accusations of antisemitism are bandied about merely to discredit their movement. They used social media to highlight what they saw as antisemitism on campus, but a counter protest wasn't really on the table.

 

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