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, …
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