The university’s response to student demonstrations on the Hamas–Israel war will speak volumes about free speech.
Tag: Israel
The U-M Student Body Will Vote on an Anti-Israel Ballot Question
Assembly Resolution 13-025 finds Israel responsible for “genocide” and “apartheid.”
Michigan Responds to Terrorist Attacks in Israel
The U-M administration, campus groups, and Michigan residents demonstrate after Hamas launches terrorist attacks in Israel.
Central Student Government’s Lies About Israel
As a Jewish student at the University of Michigan, the last two weeks have been extremely stressful and frightening. I have witnessed the active curtailment of the Jewish voice on campus. Square boxes with acontextual information, videos of rocket explosions and burning buses, and infographics with unverifiable figures are all being used to diminish the […]
Jewish students outraged after UMich student government accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing, war crimes
Disclaimer: This article was first published in The College Fix on May 12 and has been republished here with the permission of the editors. It remains unaltered aside from this note. Leaders of the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government issued a strongly worded statement Monday night accusing Israel of “inhumane, international war crimes” toward […]
John Cheney-Lippold’s Academic Activism
After asking for a letter of recommendation from a professor in the University of Michigan’s American Culture department for a study abroad program in Israel, LSA junior Abigail Ingber found herself in the midst of controversy. On September 5th, University of Michigan Professor John Cheney-Lippold denied her request for a letter of recommendation on political […]
Citing Security of Tenure, U-M Professor Refuses to Write Letters of Recommendation for Study Abroad in Israel
University of Michigan American Culture Professor, John Cheney-Lippold, is refusing to write letters of recommendation for students wishing to study abroad in Israel, citing his participation in a BDS academic boycott. In an email obtained by Club Z, a pro-Israel activist organization, Cheney-Lippold rescinded an offer to write a letter of recommendation for U-M […]
Stop Silencing Us: Chronicling the Shameful CSG Vote
On Tuesday night, Central Student Government approved resolution A.R. 7-019, which paves the way for the UM Board of Regents to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate multiple companies, who, according to the resolution, help supply weapons “that violate Palestinian Human Rights.” The bill is sponsored by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality […]
My Israel Experience and My Michigan Legacy
I traveled to Israel over winter break with paid airfare and lodging on a ten-day college leadership program hosted by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). I found out about the JNF and their Caravan for Democracy program through a listserv email to Central Student Government Assembly representatives. This program, however, is not intended only for […]
SAFE Unveils #UMMolest
Last night, the BDS resolution proposed by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) failed to pass Central Student Government for the second year in a row. The proposal petitioned the University to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) companies involved in commercial affairs with Israel. After a long-fought #UMDivest campaign that resulted in 25 […]