DePaul students gather on campus to remember the victims of a 1969 terrorist bombing in Jerusalem.

In response to a fundraising event at their school to benefit a convicted terrorist, Pro-Israel students at DePaul University staged a vigil Tuesday night for the victims of the terrorist’s attack. Under the leadership of Metro Chicago Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Seth Winberg, the vigil honored two Hebrew University students, Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner, who were murdered in a terrorist bombing in Jerusalem in 1969.

The story garnered national attention; Winberg published an op-ed piece about it on Monday in the Chicago Sun-Times online and was invited to discuss the situation on Fox News Tuesday morning (watch the segment).

Winberg and students convened the vigil to protest a concurrent event at the university held by anti-Israel group Students for Justice and Palestine, which is raising funds for the legal defense of Rasmieh Odeh, the terrorist convicted of the 1969 bombing.

Odeh, who came to the U.S. following her release from Israeli detention in a prisoner exchange, was convicted last year of immigration fraud by a U.S. Federal court. She and her supporters are appealing that conviction.

Anti-Israel activity on local campuses continues to escalate, but through the efforts of JUF’s Israel Education Center and Hillel, including leaders such as Winberg and Metro Chicago Hillel Board President Josh Rinkov, Jewish students have been prepared to respond. Last week, DePaul students experienced a victory against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement when a divestment proposal was rejected by DePaul’s Fair Business Practices Committee.