I love this production, basically every choice has been flipped to be funny in a different way; so beautiful <3
um idk if theres a way to get the cast to see this but I hope they do and it makes them happy : (also this was very fun because I had references for everything!)
SUNY Purchase. Photo: Wiki Commons. When I first met Milagros “Milly” Peña — the president of SUNY (State University of …
by Esti Heller
When I first met Milagros “Milly” Peña — the president of SUNY (State University of New York) Purchase College — it was in the wake of two incidents involving Jewish safety on campus, both prior to October 7.
In the first incident, a vandalized Israeli flag was adorned with a classic blood libel. In the second, Hillel’s sukkah was intentionally overturned just one day after its construction.
In response to these incidents, I came prepared to my meeting with a list of ways that President Peña could make Jewish students feel safer on campus, including adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism and establishing antisemitism training. Overall, Peña was incredibly supportive, and I left that meeting hopeful towards the year ahead.
But after zero follow-up and several requests for updates, it became clear that I had received the first of what would be many empty promises.
Now, after having witnessed the turmoil that was unleashed on our campus last semester and Milly Peña’s capitulation to anti-Israel students’ demands, I’ve come to understand that the only way the Purchase administration will address the rampant Jew hatred on campus is if the Federal government orders them to do so.
That’s why on August 20, 2024, I, together with a student and the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, filed a Title VI complaint with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
During the last school year, Jewish students and I faced relentless harassment, threats, and intimidation, repeatedly driving us off of our own campus.
Far too many times, Hillel was forced to redirect funds intended for events to cover hotel rooms and transportation for students frightened to stay in their dorms. Although we consistently reached out to administrators to report incidents, we were largely ignored.
On February 12, 2024, an unofficial student group by the name of Raise the Consciousness (RTC) began advertising an event in collaboration with Samidoun, an organization known for fundraising for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — a US-designated terrorist organization. The group is banned in Germany for hosting explicitly anti-Jewish rallies.
late post but we we came back to college to hit the books and rip a rockin set of live action music at Purchase Television!!!!!!!! it was really fun and no shade but the sound guy like obliterated the audio so me and justin had to like re-mix the whole thing ourselves with the camera audios so sorry that the audio is less than ideal we tried our best <3 john ordered a burrito at the very beginning of the set and it was delivered at the very end of the set and thats kind of beautiful if you think about it