The circumstances of Andrew Driscoll Pochter’s death were just emerging when the questions began: What was a Jewish boy doing in Egypt? How could he have been naive enough to get involved in a protest? Why wasn’t he in Israel instead? Pochter, raised in a Jewish home in Chevy Chase, Md., active in Hillel at…
The writer prefers to write anonymously because of the political situation in Egypt. I never knew him personally, but it seems I’ve lived a life quite like Andrew Pochter, the 21-year old Jewish American tragically killed in Alexandria, Egypt on Friday. “He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about the Middle East, and he…
Egyptians and their security forces prepared for demonstrations on Sunday that may determine their future, two years after people power toppled a dictator and ushered in a democracy crippled by bitter divisions. Waving national flags, thousands gathered on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, cradle of the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak. They hope that, after the working…
The first Egyptian police report described Andrew Driscoll Pochter as an American and a photojournalist. The 21-year-old student from suburban Maryland was not identified as being Jewish because we Americans, unlike Egyptians, do not carry government IDs that identify our religion. That in itself is a great relief and advantage when living or visiting countries…
As co-manager of Kenyon College’s Hillel, Andrew Driscoll Pochter was asked to give a speech last year to his fellow students to mark Rosh Hashanah. The idealistic 21-year-old from suburban Washington D.C. spoke about how celebrating the High Holidays helped him explore his Jewish faith. “Entering the New Year really resonated with him,’ Marc W….
A Jewish college student stabbed to death during a protest in Egypt was in the country to teach English to children and improve his Arabic, his family said. READ: Full Forward profile. How Jewish values drove Andrew Pochter to help others. Andrew Pochter, 21, from Chevy Chase, Maryland, was active in his college’s Hillel,. He…
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