Douglas Sandoval

As darkness fell over Yale University on Wednesday evening, Jewish students faced intimidation that echoed history’s darkest chapters. The following day, as the sun rose on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world solemnly reflected on the devastating consequences of unchecked hatred. Yet, disturbingly, at Yale, the shadows of that same hatred linger once again.

As former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on the second floor of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University on Jan. 21, students affiliated with Yalies4Palestine and Jews for a Ceasefire commandeered the main lobby.