The majority of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents announced Thursday that they would not be forming a committee to explore divesting from companies that operate in Israel, despite a resolution to do so that was passed last month by the student government. Six of the eight regents signed a joint statement Thursday that…
A new survey of Jewish students at some of America’s most elite universities has found that they rarely experience anti-Semitism but that most have been exposed to anti-Israel hostility. The study, conducted by Brandeis University’s Steinhardt Social Research Institute, surveyed Jewish and non-Jewish students at Brandeis, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University…
The lawyer representing white supremacist leader Richard Spencer is threatening to sue the University of Michigan if it does not let Spencer speak on campus. “A date will be selected by January 15, 2018, at 5:00 p.m., or else suit will be filed; I will not grant another extension as a professional courtesy,” Kyle Bristow,…
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer chose the University of Michigan as his next speech venue and there’s very little that can be done to stop him. “I personally detest and reject the hateful white supremacy and white nationalism expressed by Mr. Spencer as well as his racist, anti-Semitic and otherwise bigoted views,” said university president Mark…
The student government at the University of Michigan passed a resolution early Wednesday morning that for the first time called on the school to investigate divesting from companies that do business in Israel, a possible watershed moment at a school with notably large Jewish and Arab-American populations. The vote, which passed 23-17 with five abstentions,…
Sigma Alpha Mu, the historically Jewish fraternity known as Sammy, is shutting down its University of Michigan chapter in the aftermath of an incident that resulted in criminal charges against its president. The Ann Arbor chapter’s president, Joshua Kaplan, and Zachary Levin, both 19, are facing misdemeanor charges for allowing drug and alcohol use by…
Pro-Palestinian students got trounced on an Israel-related stock divestment vote recently at the University of Michigan. The student government’s 25 to 9 vote against their proposal wasn’t even close. Yet Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, the student group that put forth the proposal, declared the defeat a terrific victory. And they may be right….
“I didn’t want this exhibit to be only of interest to Jews or foodies, but to everyone,” said Janice Bluestein Longone, collector of one of the most important archives of culinary literature in America. In the 1990s she was made adjunct curator of the collection after donating the archive to the University of Michigan in…
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