Whenever there is darkness and negativity in the world, Rabbi Michoel Feinstein of the Chabad of the Bay Area hopes you can provide light with kindness and positivity. College campuses across the country have flashpoints for pro-Palestinian protests that have led to hundreds of arrests at schools like Columbian University, Northwestern University, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students are calling for the universities to sever their ties with Israel and to support a ceasefire in Gaza. The protests have turned violent in some cases as police officers have attempted to break down encampments that have been created. Feinstein says everyone has the right to a peaceful protest, but he has been alarmed by the rhetoric and the violence that has occurred along with it.

According to Al Jazeera, more than 34,500 people in Gaza, about 500 in the West Bank, and 1,100 people in Israel have been killed in Israel since the Muslim terrorist group Hamas launched their attack on October 7th. Dozens more were kidnapped by the Hamas militants. Feinstein says the community has been supportive of its congregation since the attacks occurred, including a toy and clothing drive that was sent to Israeli families last year. We did reach out to the UWGB chapter of Students for a Democratic Society for comment after they hosted a pro-Palestinian rally on campus on Wednesday, where they highlighted the more than 13,000 Palestinian children that have been killed since October, according to UNICEF.