Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was not only booed during his commencement speech at Duke University, but anti-Israel demonstrators came out waving Palestinian flags and ruined the ceremony.
Video shows several students walking out during Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke University on Sunday. In the video, the iconic Jewish comedian is seen being serenaded with boos and cries of “Liberate Palestine.”
Video from the university event shows students getting up from their seats and holding Palestinian flags as soon as Seinfeld takes the stage.
However, some students chanted “Jerry! Jerry!” with a positive message.
Seinfeld began his commencement speech with a few jokes, advising the graduates, “There are three true keys to life.”
“I don’t care what you do, whether it’s your job, your hobbies, your relationships, or your reservations at M Sushi,” says the comedian. said. “Effort. Just naive, stupid, and have no idea what you’re doing here. Effort is always an effort, even if the result of that effort is a complete failure of the desired result It creates positive value. It’s not a bad approach to just swinging a bat and praying.”
“Find something that you love the good parts of and don’t really care about the bad parts of. It’s torture that you’re comfortable with,” the “Seinfeld” star said.
He added: “This is the golden path to victory in life: work, exercise, relationships. They all have a solid element of pure torture, and they’re all 1000% worth it.”
“I can’t imagine how tired you are of hearing about following your passion. I say passion is hell,” Seinfeld told his students. “Find something you can do. That’s great. If you try something and it doesn’t work, that’s okay too. Most things don’t work.”
Mr. Seinfeld told graduates that he admired his generation’s ambition to “create a more just and inclusive society,” but urged them to “never lose their sense of humor.”
In October, Seinfeld voiced his support: Instagram Israel after the October 7 terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped another 252.
Seinfeld reportedly visited the headquarters of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum in Tel Aviv in December and held an “emotional” meeting. Haaretz.
Seinfeld previously received an honorary degree from Duke University.
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