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he #EndJewHatred move-
ment spearheaded a stu-
dent empowerment rally 
at the University of Michigan 
in partnership with the Jewish 
Resource Center, Chabad, Hillel and 
Wolverines for Israel. 
Students rapidly mobilized, and 
approximately 300 students gathered 
at the Diag to bring critical attention 
to the current Israeli hostage crisis. 
As of now, 129 hostages currently 
remain in Hamas’ captivity. The hor-
rors of the war have translated into 
incidents of anti-Israel-led harass-
ment campaigns on campus. 
The rally also brought attention to 
U-M President Santa Ono regarding 
recent incidents on campus that 
have shaken the Jewish community, 
and called on him to implement pol-
icies to protect Jewish students on 
campus from a rising hostile climate. 
Some of these incidents include 
the recent Honors Convocation 
disruption targeting Ono, a recent 
vandalization of the university’s 

Hillel building, inaction from the 
university regarding the president 
of SAFE posting a death threat on 
her Instagram story: “Until my last 
breath I will utter death to every 
single individual who supports the 
Zionist state. Death and more. Death 
and worse,
” and a recent SAFE/
TAHRIR-led raid into multiple 
buildings on campus that resulted in 
multiple classes being canceled. 
Prior to the rally, #EndJewHatred 
launched an email campaign that 
had more than 1,600 emails sent out 
to President Ono from University of 
Michigan parents, students, alumni 
and community members voicing 
the need for his recent draft policy 
to take on university disruptions 
launched by anti-Israel organizations 
on campus. Ono himself has been 
subjected to targeted harassment. 

Adar Rubin is the director of mobilization for 

the #EndJewHatred international civil rights 

movement.

Students at University of Michigan gather 
to bring attention to Hamas’ hostages.
Pro-Israel Rally

ADAR RUBIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

OUR COMMUNITY

Over 300 
students 
gathered at 
the Diag on 
Wednesday, 
April 10.

U-M student holds up an EndJewHatred 
sign in front of JVP counter-protesters.

Jewish students display 
an #EndJewHatred sign.

Student Ella Mendelson 
and her mother

Students break out into 
dance to Israeli music.

Students gather at the U-M 
Diag.