The day off was announced following the arrest of Patrick Dai, who has been charged with threatening the Jewish students in a series of posts on the university's forum.
“I can’t describe how shocking it is to see neighbors who we played with as children and whom we visited when we went back, turn on our community so violently and so suddenly," Stas Mardakhayev said.
“People think that being woke equals supporting terrorists, and we feel that our institution [NYU] is just being ignorant and supporting antisemitism,” young Charlotte Blinken said.
There have been over 850 antisemitic acts in France since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late on Tuesday, nearly double the number for the whole of 2022.
The Conference of European Rabbis sent a letter to the EU urging them to dismantle terror-supporting orgs., penalize Hamas supporters, and ensure the safety of Jews.
"The actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since ISIS launched its so-called caliphate several years ago."