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...violence continued in the Middle East yesterday, the Society of Arab Students (SAS) held a tearful vigil on the steps of Memorial Church to mourn the victims of the latest round of strife between Palestinians and Israelis...
...There are a lot of Palestinian students [at Harvard] who have relatives affected by the violence," said SAS Vice President Rita Hamad '03, a vigil organizer...
Bernard Steinberg, the executive director of Harvard Hillel, began the vigil by reading a statement, co-signed by the rabbis and student leaders of four Harvard prayer communities, that mourned the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives...
Organizers of yesterday's vigil said that they were gratified to be able to quickly coordinate a solidarity event involving the four major strands of Judaism at Harvard, given the potential for disagreement over political goals...
...vigil was not co-sponsored by any other religious group on campus...