U of Maryland won't allow group to hold event on Oct. 7

(JTA) — The University of Maryland has revoked a permit for pro-Palestinian groups to hold an event on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, following concerns from Jewish groups that such an event could glorify the Hamas killings.

According to the campus Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, the planned event was a “vigil” to be held jointly with the school’s chapter of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.

University President Darryll Pines announced the change in a letter to the school on Sunday, writing that “numerous calls have been made to cancel and res...