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.
ZOA QUESTIONS BRANDEIS HONOR [ZOA news release] The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), which includes Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis among its former presidents, criticized Brandeis University for planning to give anti-Zionist playwright Tony Kushner an honorary doctorate at its commencement on Sunday, May 21, 2006. In the book, “Conversation,’ edited by Robert Vorlicky (University…
University of Michigan Daily By Victoria Edwards September 23, 2004 Clad in T-shirts proclaiming “Jews for Jesus,” members of the seemingly paradoxical organization have made themselves a presence on the Diag — prompting criticism from mainstream Jewish groups. The group, from San Francisco, says it is nearing the end of a three-week evangelical outreach on…
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White House goes kosherFrom the JTA The White House koshered its kitchen ahead of its annual Chanukah reception. Petak Caterers, under the joint supervision of the Bergen County, N.J., rabbinical council and Washington representatives of Chabad, will serve Glatt kosher meat at the dinner Tuesday night. The meeting is taking place early because President Bush…
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…
Based on the title of this post, one might conclude this is about the issue of charging money for tickets to High Holy Day services, but it is not. Conservative Jews in Jerusalem had to pay 30 shekels (about $6.50) in order to pray in the area assigned to them by the Western Wall. I…