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Multiple US colleges with history of anti-Israel activism to stage play featuring Oct. 7 survivor testimony

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Jewish News Syndicate. (2026, October 1). Multiple US colleges with history of anti-Israel activism to stage play featuring Oct. 7 survivor testimony. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/multiple-us-colleges-with-history-of-anti-israel-activism-to-stage-play-featuring-oct-7-survivor-testimony/

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Northwestern University and Cornell University plan to stage a play called “October 7” based on survivor accounts of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks. The play, directed by Jeff Gurner and written by Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, aims to present the human impact of the events through verbatim testimony. Northwestern will host the staged reading on October 6 at its Cahn Auditorium, while Cornell is scheduled for December 8. Both universities have histories of anti-Israel activism; Northwestern recently settled a federal lawsuit over Jew-hatred allegations with a $75 million payment. Students involved in organizing the events emphasize the importance of education and fostering informed opinions about the conflict.
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Almost a year after Northwestern University agreed to pay a $75 million settlement over allegations of Jew-hatred, the university will host a play on October 6, 2026, based on survivor accounts of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led terror attacks. The play, titled “October 7,” is directed by Jeff Gurner and presented by the Unreported Story Society, using interviews conducted in Israel post-attacks by Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney. Northwestern’s Hillel will stage this event at its Cahn Auditorium to educate students about the human impact of the attacks. The play aims to foster more productive conversations around the conflict and provide a complete picture through survivor testimonies, as stated by Noah Oxfeld, a senior at Northwestern, and Yali Koch, another student there.

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Yali Koch, a student at Northwestern, told JNS that the production is “a great medium for helping people understand the human impact of the atrocities committed on Oct. 7, presenting a more complete picture of the conflict and hopefully fostering more productive conversations.”
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🔮 Almost a year after Northwestern University agreed to a $75 million federal settlement over allegations of Jew-hatred, the private school in Evanston, Ill., will host a play on Oct. 6 based entirely on survivor accounts of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attacks.

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Almost a year after Northwestern University agreed to a $75 million federal settlement over allegations of Jew-hatred, the private school in Evanston, Ill., will host a play on Oct. 6 based entirely on survivor accounts of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attacks. asserted
school → agree → attacks
The Hillel at the school is slated to show the play “October 7,” presented by the Unreported Story Society and directed by Jeff Gurner, as a staged reading at its Cahn Auditorium. asserted
Hillel → slat → Auditorium
JNS spoke previously with Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, who wrote the play using interviews that they conducted in Israel after the attacks. asserted
they → speak → attacks
“Hearing survivors’ testimony performed word-for-word turns Oct. 7 from an abstraction into human beings, and that’s something every student needs to encounter,” Noah Oxfeld, a senior at Northwestern, told JNS. asserted
Oxfeld → hear → JNS
Under a November 2025 settlement with the Trump administration, Northwestern agreed to pay $75 million and end an agreement it negotiated with anti-Israel encampment protesters in 2024. asserted
it → agree → 2024
It admitted no wrongdoing. asserted
It → admit → wrongdoing
Yali Koch, a student at Northwestern, told JNS that the production is “a great medium for helping people understand the human impact of the atrocities committed on Oct. 7, presenting a more complete picture of the conflict and hopefully fostering more productive conversations.” asserted
people → tell → conversations
According to Koch, anti-Israel sentiment has been “normalized” among students, who are “left without the resources or context to form their own informed opinions.” uncertain
who → accord → opinions
The production will also be staged at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Dec. 8. asserted
production → stag → Dec.
Jewish students at the private school told JNS recently that Cornell would be allowing an antisemitic student to return to campus. asserted
student → tell → campus
At a recent event hosted by Cornell students featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), student leaders from the university’s chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America led the audience in a chant of “from the river to the sea” and praised the “student intifada.” asserted
leaders → host → intifada
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Report → start → news
Jewish organizations and leaders have long said that the first statement calls for Israel to be erased, and the second incites antisemitic violence. asserted
second → say → violence
Sofia Eliasi, a Cornell sophomore, told JNS that “from 30-second videos on social media to flashy campus protests and catchy chants, there is a lot of noise for the average college student to filter through and learn what truly happened on Oct. 7, 2023.” asserted
what → tell → Oct.
Eliasi said that staging the play at Cornell “allows eyewitness experiences to circumvent editorializing and illuminate what really occurred that day.” asserted
what → say → editorializing
Another Cornell student, Davian Gekman, a senior, told JNS that it is “vital that my peers are exposed to the truth.” asserted
peers → tell → truth
“Never again can only hold true if people are educated,” he said. asserted
he → hold → ?
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