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When colleges shut down their ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs,’ they prompted debates over anti-Zionist Jewish observance

JL;DR SUMMARY A series of Gaza solidarity sukkahs, constructed by anti-Zionist Jewish groups on university campuses like Northwestern and NYU during the 2024 Sukkot holiday, sparked significant controversy and debates over Jewish observance and political expression. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestJewish IdentityZionismGazaJewish Voice For PeaceAnti ZionismCampus ActivismSukkot

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Evanston, Illinois, United States
"An anti-Zionist Jewish group constructs a Gaza solidarity sukkah on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for the holiday of Sukkot, 2024."
New York, United States
"Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah?"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Jews Against Zionism NYU has also expressed vocal support for Within Our Lifetime, a radical pro-Palestinian group that advocates Israels destruction and whose protest targets including Brooklyns OY/YO sculpture and an exhibit commemorating the victims of the Nova festival massacre have led mainstream Jewish groups and a range of politicians across the political spectrum to charge it with antisemitism."
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
"Such responses at times turned aggressive: Rutgers University, for example, brought a bulldozer to the site of its students anti-Zionist sukkah where activists were chanting Lchaim Intifada before ultimately removing it without the use of the construction vehicle."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"A Hillel sukkah at Simmons University, a private school in Boston, was vandalized with messages reading Gaza Liberation Sukkah this week."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"And the University of California, Los Angeles, played host to perhaps the most chaotic scene surrounding a Gaza solidarity sukkah."
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
"At Columbia University, whose students originated the encampment movement, anti-Zionist Jews continued the language of their protester coalition by deeming their hut a liberation sukkah."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"At the University of Pennsylvania, students had founded their campus JVP chapter only days before hosting the sukkah."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"Days before at Brown, 150 activists had protested the universitys governing board after it voted down a proposal to divest from Israel; the school has since suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine for conduct violations related to the protest."

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