(CBS DETROIT) – Monday marked one year since the attacks by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and emotions were high with people remembering that day.
Students at the University of Michigan gathered for both a memorial and a vigil remembering the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks. But just a few hundred feet away, there were hundreds of other students gathered for a different purpose and had a different perspective on the Middle East.
It was a day that hit close to home for U of M’s Jewish students, who created a memorial on the Diag to commemorate the victims, both dead and kidnapped.
“It’s a very emotional day, but it’s nice to see all the students who contributed to this and are really getting a lot of this experience and commemorating those who were murdered on Oct. 7,” said Jack Landstein, a Jewish U of M student.
Josh Brown, another Jewish U of M student, said, “Other groups on this campus called Oct. 7 a landmark victory; I think it’s important to know that there are other people on campus that support Jewish students.”