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Students for Justice in Palestine's April 19 demonstration "I Saw Palestine," ended Palestinian Solidarity Week. But it sparked debate within the Jewish community when the group made a replica of the barrier surrounding the West Bank. Though SJP President Hira Zeb, a junior Arabic and government and politics major, said the display was fundamentally about awareness and education, several students took issue with the demonstration.… Post the First Comment

Approximately 125 to 150 students will miss the campus-wide commencement ceremony because of religious observance, said Rabbi Ari Israel, executive director of Hillel. The graduation is scheduled for May 20, about one hour before the Jewish holiday of Shavuout ends.… Post the First Comment

For nearly three years, many Jewish students have grown accustomed to seeing Jon Wood cruise around the campus in the Hillel golf cart or stroll around the Hillel building. "Whenever you can see the golf-cart you know it's him, and it's fun. I've rode around in it many times," said Marissa Goldner, a junior accounting major.… Post the First Comment

From Friday, April 16, to Sunday, April 18, thirty students from across the Atlantic coast descended upon the Maryland campus. These Jewish students were attending the fourth Yiddish Break, a yearly event presented by Yugntruf: Youth for Yiddish. Yugntruf, Yiddish for "call to youth", is a national organization devoted to continuing the use of Yiddish in the modern world.… Post the First Comment

For Greg, who was diagnosed with HIV 15 years ago, each day he spends educating others about the deadly virus is a "miracle." "I'm beating the odds," he told a group of students gathered in the Nanticoke Room in the Stamp Student Union to hear him speak on April 15.… Post the First Comment