In American Jewish culture, there are two major non-religious rites of passage: sleepaway camp and Birthright.
And I don’t think I’m out of line to assert that both of these formative experiences...
Alex Strand, Features Staff Writer
• March 26, 2024
The Israel-Palestine conflict has been widely discussed on campus since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, being the subject of multiple protests and vigils.
In a survey of 471 UVM students conducted...
On Feb. 15, approximately 50 students staged a die-in protest in the Davis Center in support of Palestine.
UVM Students for Justice in Palestine organized the protest, demanding that “UVM divest from...
SJP holds Palestine vigil
UVM Students for Justice in Palestine held a Vigil for Palestine on Feb. 13 at the Davis Center amphitheater.
Participants placed small Palestinian flags in the ground...
Noah Diedrich, Cynic News Reporter
• February 6, 2024
Editor's Note: This story was updated February 7 at 9:20 a.m. to correct the description of Jewish Action.
The Burlington City Council voted 7-5 against a measure to include a pro-Palestine ballot measure...
Students, staff and community members gathered on the Andrew Harris Commons Oct. 12 to attend a Hillel sponsored vigil for Israel.
There were approximately 300 people in attendance at the vigil, according...
Andrew Gould, Cynic News Reporter
• September 26, 2022
Approximately two dozen people assembled in front of the Waterman building Sept. 21 to show their support for Palestine at a rally organized by local advocacy organization Vermonters for Justice in Palestine.
Organizers...
One year ago, UVM Hillel, a Jewish student group, was offered funds for a trip to Israel and Palestine territories.
The source of that funding came under fire from student activists supportive of Palestine and remains criticized a year later.
Last summer, UVM student leaders were invited to attend Maccabee Task Force’s Perspectives Trip, a propaganda campaign designed to obscure the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Unfortunately,...
The heat of the Jerusalem summer day was finally starting to fade as our small group of Chicago-based Birthright participants found a shady spot in the park to sit. We were about to begin an activity which...
Dear Editor,The anti-Semitic attacks in Copenhagen, like those in Paris earlier this year, left the world reeling – but not surprised. As unusual as this kind of violence is in Denmark, it is more common...
