At some universities around America, students have traded studying for finals for raucous anti-Israel protests. It’s vital that we pray amid the upheaval and public displays of hate.

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College students around America have destroyed property, forcibly occupied their campuses for weeks at a time, and physically blocked other students (such as Jewish students or those who express support for Israel) from attending classes or studying at the library.

While some protests have sparked calls to police, others are supported or at least tolerated by faculty members and university administrations—despite brazen threats—and acts—of violence toward Jews. Chants at protest call Jews “baby killers,” tell Jewish students to “Go back to Poland,” and express support for more Hamas attacks.  A Jewish student at UCLA was reportedly beaten unconscious, sparking violent counterprotests. Other Jewish students at different universities have reported being attacked as well.

The resurgence of open and violent antisemitism, often unpunished by universities, is an understandable point of fear for many Jewish families and students who are in college or will be attending soon.