A Jewish Sukkah located on University Avenue in front of the USC Hillel Foundation was vandalized this weekend, causing an estimated $500 of damage said Rabbi Jonathan Klein, the Ruth Ziegler Rabbinic director of Hillel.
A Sukkah is a hut that symbolizes the type of structure that the Hebrews used while wandering through the desert after being freed from Egypt.
The structure was used for the Jewish holiday Sukkot, an eight-day celebration of the journey from slavery to freedom and a harvest festival that marks the beginning of fall and rainy season in Israel, said Matt Davidson, acting director of Hillel.
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