Word: sukkahs
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...Brown, the October 1 vandalism was originally thought to be in support of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), after police found a PLO pamphlet amid the wreckage. However, this pamphlet was actually part of a Zionist educational exhibit that had been displayed in the sukkah...
...vandals apparently were drunk, but this was still a deliberate and partially anti-Semitic act, said Sharon E. Cohen, administrative assistant for Hillel at Brown. Hillel members rebuilt the sukkah, which remained undamaged for the rest of the eight-day holiday...
...Dartmouth, the vandals knew that they were destroying a Jewish structure, but it was drunkenness, not anti-Semitic, that was responsible, said Rabbi Michael Paley, associate chaplain. He added that those responsible probably did not understand the significance of the sukkah, "became there are less Jews here...
...sukkah is a temporary shelter constructed for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which commemorates the 40 years of wandering of the Jews in the desert...
...sukkah, which was on the Old Campus, "was mainly for educational purposes, to let people know the holiday was here and to inspire questions," said Rob Schapir '84, another organizer...