To Whom It May Concern:

We are writing in support of the undergraduate students currently running the #umdivestsitin and #umdivest campaigns. We believe the Central Student Government (CSG) has an obligation to respond to the divestment review resolution put forward by SAFE in the same manner they respond to all other resolutions put forward. We believe that by postponing a vote indefinitely, CSG silenced the voices of Palestinians on this campus. We support their recent decision to bring this to a vote and appreciate their recognition of the break down of democracy that occurred last Tuesday night.

As Jewish faculty, staff, alumni and undergraduate and graduate students, we stand in solidarity with Palestinian students as they ask for recognition of their voices. We believe the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement will help further the achievement of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. We believe that BDS is a nonviolent movement that does not threaten the rights or security of Israel's Jewish citizens, but challenges the unjust policies of the Israeli government. When the resolution comes to a vote, we believe the Central Student Government should vote in favor, passing a motion requesting that the University of Michigan review and consider divestment from companies involved in the Israeli Occupation. Sarah Blume, Undergraduate Student, International Studies Howard Brick, Professor, History Robbie Dembo, Alum, former vice chair of the American Movement for Israel, chair of the Hamagshimim Israel Advocacy Fellowship, Judaic Studies minor Shanda Eisel, Undergraduate Student, Arab, American, Persian, Turkish and Islamic Studies Sara Feldman, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Studies Sarah Frank, Undergraduate Student, Design & Production, School of Music, Theater and Dance Alix Gould-Werth, Graduate Student, Social Work and Sociology Alan Haber, Alum, Former Student Government member Daniel Hirschman, Graduate Student, Sociology Mikel Hyman, Graduate Student, Sociology Yanay Israeli, Graduate Student, History Deborah Jones, Graduate Student, Anthropology Matan Kaminer, Graduate Student, Anthropology Harry Kashdan, Graduate Student, Comparative Literature, Judaic Studies certificate, Gitelman Fellow Claire Jaffe, Undergraduate Student, Program in the Environment Ariel Kaplowitz, Undergraduate Student, American Culture, Creative Writing and Literature Alice Mishkin, Alum, Jewish Communal Leadership Program, Staff Signed by:

Sam Molnar, Graduate Student, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Central Student Government Representative Gina Morantz-Sanchez, Professor, History Regev Nathansohn, Graduate Student, Anthropology Blair Nosan, Alum Katie Rosenblatt, Graduate Student, History Elena Ross, Undergraduate Student, Psychology Will Runyan, Graduate Student, Comparative Literature Ronit Stahl, Graduate Student, History Jessie Stoolman, Undergraduate Student, Middle Eastern and North African Studies Adam Tannenbaum, Undergraduate Student, Womens Studies Alan Wald, Professor, English Language and Literature, American Culture Ari Weinberg, Undergraduate Student, American Culture Cookie Woolner, Graduate Student, History and Women's Studies Orian Zakai, Lecturer, Judaic Studies