Benjamin Kersten

chapter leader for Jewish Voice for Peace at UCLA and graduate student in the department of art history

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Protests against the war in Gaza may look different this school year.

UC enforces encampment ban, but protestors don’t plan to stop

Protests against the war in Gaza may look different this school year.

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