It's to Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Tonight is the first night of Passover when Jews around the world will gather with loved ones for a ceremonial meal and a retelling of

and discussion around the Exodus story of God freeing people known as the Israelites from slavery

in ancient Egypt and leading them to the promised land. Canaan, more or less what later came to be

known as Israel and Palestine. Passover this year comes obviously at a

fraught time for many Jews, Jewish Americans, Jewish families, just a half year out from October

7th, the deadliest day for attacks on Jews since the Holocaust, with many hostages from that

day, don't forget, still being held, and also with intergenerational

and other family conflict, or at least disagreement, likely to arise around the Passover table

about the war in Gaza, and even fundamentally, how to think about their relationship to that

ancient promised land in modern times. And as if that's not enough, Passover also comes

with anti-Semitism on the rise, leaving many Jews less secure in their place in society

and in their physical safety, even in this country. Just over this past weekend, as you've heard

reported, to take the big example in the news today, Jewish students

at Columbia University disagreed with each other over how much danger and ongoing pro-Palestinian

protests puts them in. The headline on this in the New York Times today reads, as protests

continue at Colombia, some Jewish students feel targeted.

The article then starts by saying, after reports of harassment by demonstrators,

some Jewish students said they felt unsafe.

Others rejected that view.

The article says, while condemning anti-Semitism.

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