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Jewish Students Are Bringing Their Faith to University Pro-Palestine Protests

The students Teen Vogue spoke to for this piece report experiencing or witnessing harassment on their campus toward anti-Zionist activists, including those who are themselves Jewish. Emanuelle Sippy, 20, a Princeton University junior who led her school’s Shabbat for Ceasefire, tells Teen Vogue about an encounter she had while attending a pro-Palestine rally near her New Jersey campus. In a video from the October 28 event, a university staff member can be seen attempting to snatch Sippy’s phone, seemingly pulling some of her hair in the process, as the college paper The Daily Princetonian first reported.

In an email to The Daily Princetonian, a Princeton spokesperson wrote: “The University takes this matter seriously and has begun a review of the situation. We have reached out to a student involved to offer support and resources.”

The campus organization Sippy leads, Alliance for Jewish Progressives, has also been targeted by…

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