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FACING PAGE, L TO R: Jewish students hold an #EndJewHatred sign at a student 
empowerment rally at the U-M in April. Jared Pazner, Kaitlyn Arntson and Carolyn 
Klausner at Wayne State University representing Students for Israel at FestiFall. 
ABOVE: U-M students Evan Solomon and Max Burgida, both seniors, hold a sign 
at solidarity rally for Israel in October.

to bring attention to Hamas’ 
hostages (“Pro-Israel Rally,” April 
18, 2024). Oakland University 
invited Michal Oshman, author 
of What Would You Do if You 
Weren’t Afraid? to a campus panel 
in March (March 21, 2024, JN). 
U-M students held a solidarity 
rally for Israel on the Diag 
(“Together, We Stand,” Oct. 10, 
2024). Students from MSU Jewish 
Studies and Muslim Studies 
continue to have tough but civil 
discussions (“Conversations of 
Antisemitism and Islamophobia,” 
Aug. 15, 2024). Students for 
Israel at Wayne State manned 
an information table at the 
campus’ FestiFall celebration 
(“Microaggressions and 
Macroaggressions,” Nov. 21, 
2024). And U-M’s Central Student 

Government election resulted in a 
coalition dedicated to “restoring a 
campus environment of unity and 
peace” despite a lecture on Black-
Jewish relations being disrupted 
by anti-Israel agitators (“U-M’s 
Hostile Climate May Be Coming 
to an End,” Dec. 5, 2024).
Throughout the year, campus 
Hillels, Chabad Centers and 
Jewish student groups continued 
to stand up to the haters and 
celebrate their Judaism despite 
the turmoil of the campus 
environment since Oct. 7, 2023. 
That refusal to bow down or run 
scared has earned the Michigan 
Jewish college student the JN’s 
“Newsmaker of the Year.” 

JN Archivist Mike Smith contributed to this 

report.

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Happy New Year!

