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A U-M student takes a turn spray painting.
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As we all know, even the idea of
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students interested in Israel without
scaring them off. This challenge is
one that the entire pro-Israel commu-
nity faces and one that my American
Movement for Israel board struggled
with as we sat down to decide our
upcoming year's programming.
The idea of spray painting murals
to support peace was one that drew
our attention. Graffiti art is both
underappreciated and awe-worthy
at the same time. We felt that by
bringing in a unique expression of
art — something innately human —
and tying it to Israel, we would suc-
ceed in drawing in the hundreds of
students we fail to reach out to every
day because they feel our organization
isn't relevant to them or they can't
relate to our organization's mission.
So as I watched Mike, one of our
artists, teach a random passerby how
to spray paint, I knew we had reached
out to a demographic that many
Israel groups fail to even consider —
the apathetic student.
I was grabbing a can of paint for
a student when something Mike said
caught my ear. The girl he was work-
ing with was having trouble spray
painting her name without the paint
dripping from her piece of art.
"You've gotta be confident," he said
as he drew a perfect, drip-free heart,
"No hesitations. You can't back down,
you've just gotta say, 'I'm doing this,
I'm all in or nothing."
Later that day, when I debriefed
with the board, I told them that same
thing; but this time, it was in the con-
text of being an Israel advocate. "No
hesitations. I'm doing this — all in, or
nothing." @
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junior at the University of Michigan in
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We have included Hadassah exchange
medical students from Israel in our events,
and they are eager to return the hospital-
ity when OUWB students take electives at
Hadassah. We are looking forward to our
next Shabbat dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs.
Neal Alpiner in Franklin.
Hillel of Metro Detroit (HMD), which
currently advises the Jewish Student
Organization and the Students for Israel at
Oakland University, has just begun advising
and working collaboratively with JeMSA to
enhance our programming. With HMD's
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My involvement with JeMSA has enriched
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physicians, gained fulfillment from com-
munity service and enjoyed many delicious
meals with inspiring company. JeMSA allows
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year medical student at the Oakland
University William Beaumont School
of Medicine in Rochester Hills. She is
president of the Jewish Medical Student
Association at OUWB.