Secret Service probes claim three ousted from Bush meetBy Associated PressMarch 29, 2005 DENVER – The U.S. Secret Service on Monday said it was investigating the claims of three people who said they were removed from President Bush’s town hall meeting on Social Security last week after being singled out because of a bumper sticker…
JEWISH WOMEN WATCHING HOAX STIRS UP JTS CELEBRATION OF WOMEN RABBISConservative Movement Angrily Disavows Message of Equity and Non-Discrimination New York, NY (March 30, 2005) – Jewish Women Watching (JWW), the anonymous collective of feminist rabble rousers, has claimed responsibility for infiltrating last night’s Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) event celebrating twenty years of…
Jewish Actress Helps Expand Trauma Unit For Jerusalem Hospital Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital received a $50 million donation last week from one of the people born there – famed Jewish actress Natalie Portman. Portman’s donation is earmarked for an improved and expanded emergency trauma center being funded by the Hadassah Women’s Zionist movement. The expansion will…
From the NY TimesMarch 28, 2005 AMSTERDAM JOURNALA Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without JewsBy CRAIG S. SMITH AMSTERDAM – Just minutes before a high-stakes soccer game not long ago between this city’s home team, Ajax, and their rivals from the southern city of Eindhoven, a chant built to a roar in the hall packed…
Rap star Remedy Ross performed at Israel Bar Night last night. The event was sponsored by AMI (American Movement for Israel). Remedy’s song Never Again about the Shoah appeared on a Wu Tang Clan album back in 1998. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Jason & Randy Sklar of ESPN’s Cheap Seats performed tonight at the Power Center on University of Michigan’s campus. The event was sponsored by Michigan Hillel, Big Ticket Productions, and the Mel Gibson Foundation for the Anti-Semitic Arts through Religious Film Production. The Sklar Brothers were hillarious. They are clearly the only stand-up comedians currently…
University of Michigan Student Government Votes against Divestment in IsraelMarch 21, 2005 The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA), the student government at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, soundly defeated a proposal last week that would have created a committee to examine university investments in companies that do business with Israel. The 25-11 vote against divestment…
See the best clips of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) at this site: http://showme.ahost4free.com/dailyshow.cgi (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Comedian Dan Ahdoot performed tonight at the Michigan Union for Hillel students. Dan was a finalist on Last Comic Standing and he also writes for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Students Mobilize to Defeat Anti-Israel Resolution at University of Michigan On March 15th, the University of Michigan Student Assembly soundly voted down (25-11) a proposal to create a committee to investigate the university’s investments in companies doing business with Israel. Kudos go to Alana Kuhn and Jessie Risch, co-chairs of the American Movement for Israel,…