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  • Don't try to wish Israel a happy birthday on Michigan Public Radio

    05/11/2016 8:46:22 PM PDT · by Nachum · 12 replies
    Israel Matzav ^ | 5/11/16 | Carl in Jerusalem
    Michigan Public Radio has refused a four-word advertisement wishing Israel a happy birthday, calling it 'radioactive.' This came via Honest Reporting. For sponsoring a day’s broadcast of Michigan Public Radio, Lisa Lis was told she was entitled to have a message broadcast on the air. She chose a four-word sentence, “Happy 68th birthday, Israel.” The station rejected that line as too radioactive, saying, “this message would compromise the station’s commitment to impartiality and that it crosses over into advocacy, or could imply advocacy,” reports Deadline Detroit. Rabbi Jason Miller weighed in at the Huffington Post, asking, When did wishing...