With finals week and the Jewish holiday of Passover taking place this week, Jewish students are navigating the additional stress. FOX 10's Kenzie Beach has more.
Arizona State officials said that among 72 people arrested during protests on campus over the weekend, 15 were students or teachers. With finals week and the Jewish holiday of Passover taking place this week, Jewish students are navigating the additional stress.Just a couple of days ago, the lawn in front of Old Main was covered by an encampment of tents filled with protesters of Israel's war in Gaza. Now it's been fenced off by security.
"I was wearing a shirt that literally just said ‘I love being Jewish' and a few guys came up and started yelling at me. ‘Free Palestine!' and ‘Allah Akbar!’ and things in Arabic which I didn't understand, but it was very scary. It was just 1 p.m. and I was trying to get to class," Feffer said.The incidents have shook students and left them fearful to go about their day-to-day activities."As a Jewish student, it's definitely scary.
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