(Jewish Group) Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid the Israel-Hamas war

[Behind the Aegis]

Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7 was thousands of miles away for Jewish teens in the United States — yet they have found themselves caught in a crossfire of opinions, misinformation and anger about the situation ever since.

JTA Teen Journalism Fellows interviewed their peers about what they have been hearing and feeling over the last three weeks. Our reporters discovered that many high schoolers were afraid to go on the record, saying they feared aggravating tensions or didn’t want to get “canceled” within their community. The ones that did agree to talk, however, say they are doing their best to stay strong and feel united, not divided.

Some of the teens interviewed expressed their concerns about antisemitism while others offered insight into what’s happening in their social media circles. From Jewish day school students in the West to public school kids in the South, here’s what American Jewish teens have to say about the war between Israel and Hamas.



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1. My daughter's University has a sizable Jewish population

While they feel that the pro Palestinian students are baiting them , by defacing pro Israeli signs, anti Semitic signs and chants during protests, they refuse to be the aggressor. This in part is due to the support from the administration, including a letter calling out a demonstration billed as a protest against a local policy that was really a pro Palestinian rally involving antisemitism.