Editor’s note: This open letter to campus protesters was originally published on Facebook by the author. It is published with her permission and has been lightly edited for clarity and style.
Dear campus protesters:
I’ve seen other people write to you, but I just walked among you at one of your campus encampments — George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Here are my thoughts:
Instead of hanging out in your nice brand-new, paid-from-unknown-sources green and white tents, why not send them to those displaced in Gaza who really need them? After all, you have dorms and apartments that mommy and daddy are paying for right now.
On campus, you have catered food and an all-you-can eat snack bar. Why not send food to those you claim are starving?
Since you are skipping classes (if you are actually a student), why not go volunteer to help in Gaza? Many American Jews have gone to help in Israel on farms and kibbutzes to provide missing labor as so many Israelis have been called up to military service. If you really want to help, why don’t you go where you really could make a difference for the people you profess to be supporting?