Photos: Yadin Gellman speaks at Hillel JUC, students protest the event outside
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, speaks to students in the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday afternoon.
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, spoke to Pittsburgh students at an event organized by Student Coalition for Israel at Pitt and hosted by Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh. The event drew student and community protesters who blocked traffic and chanted outside the entrance to the building. Protesters gathered at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus before marching down Forbes Ave to the Hillel JUC building. Protesters concluded by marching back to the Cathedral of Learning after roughly an hour outside the building.
Protesters block Forbes Avenue outside of the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, speaks to students in the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday afternoon.
A protest organizer speaks to the crowd outside of the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Daniel Marcus, executive director and CEO of Hillel JUC, introduces Yadin Gellman to students inside the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday.
Protesters gather outside the entrance to the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, describes telling his story to U.S. officials during an event with Pittsburgh students in the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday afternoon.
A protest organizer speaks to the crowd outside of the Hillel JUC building during the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, responds to questions from students in the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday afternoon.
A sign is held at a protest outside of the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
A sign is held at a protest outside of the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
A person watches the protest from inside the Hillel JUC building as protesters chant outside the entrance in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
A counterprotestor speaks to protesters outside of the Hillel JUC building responding to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Ilyas Khan, a sophomore linguistics major at Carnegie Mellon University, speaks to protesters outside of the Hillel JUC building in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
A Pitt police officer stands guard outside the Cathedral of Learning during protests responding to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Protesters chant together outside the Cathedral of Learning in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
A protester chants into a megaphone outside the Cathedral of Learning in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.
Protesters hold up keffiyehs in support of Palestine outside of the Cathedral of Learning in response to the Yadin Gellman event on Wednesday.