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,…
12 people turn into 13 people! Count the people, wait until they shift, and then count them again. Hmmm… I wonder if this trick would work when we only have 9 for a minyan? Send this to someone else (c) Rabbi Jason Miller | http://blog.rabbijason.com | Twitter: @RabbiJason | facebook.com/rabbijasonmiller
Nothing like some good old fashioned anti-Semitism to start the day! From Today’s Michigan Daily newspaper: Ethnic remarks stir MSA elections By Donn M. Fresard, Daily News EditorMarch 17, 2005 Students reacted with varying degrees of concern after the campaign manager of a party running in next week’s Michigan Student Assembly elections questioned whether it…
By Jeremy Davidson, Daily Staff ReporterMarch 16, 2005 Hundreds of anxious students and local community members filled an emotionally charged Michigan Union Ballroom last night, when the Michigan Student Assembly soundly defeated a proposal advocating the creation of a committee to examine University investments in companies that do business with Israel. The overwhelming margin against…
Divestment resolution likely to pass By Donn M. Fresard and Justin Miller, Daily Staff ReportersMarch 15, 2005 A resolution supporting divestment from Israel appears to havea reasonable chance of passing in tonight’s Michigan Student Assembly meeting, several top MSA officials said yesterday. The resolution, which attacks the Israeli military’s practices toward the Palestinians as “reprehensible”…