Republican Jewish Coalition now pays Coleman the honor of a dinner event

Photo: RJC/ Ziv Koren

The Republican Jewish Coalition already pays a fee to Norm Coleman for his services as a consultant. Tonight they’re also paying fealty to Coleman for his (past) services as a (former) U.S. Senator, with an event in Minneapolis they’re calling “An Evening to Honor Senator Norm Coleman.” (Via MPP)

Here are the details:

The RJC Minnesota Chapter invites you to join us for
An Evening to Honor Senator Norm Coleman

Sunday, May 17
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Sabes Jewish Community Center
Barry Family Campus
4330 South Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416

Kosher meal served

$10 for current paid members and leaders
$20 for E-team members and guests

To RSVP, please contact Mr. Mark Miller at
612-333-3185, or e-mail at Mille399@tc.umn.edu.
Minnesota Chapter individual membership dues are $50
Minnesota couple membership dues are $75
National Leadership opportunities begin at $1000

That seems to suggest that the money raised will go to the RJC rather than Coleman’s recount committee, although Federal Election Commission records show that at least one donor has given the Coleman committee $5,000 via the RJC.

“E-team members” are apparently people who’ve merely signed up to receive the RJC emails.

“An Evening to Honor Senator Norm Coleman” isn’t on the official calendar of the Jewish community center where it’s supposed to take place. However, another event is scheduled for 4 p.m., just before the Coleman affair.

That’s ”Preschool of Rock” (flyer pdf), at which organizers are giving away inflatable guitars to the first 100 kids, meaning that if fewer than 100 show up there will be leftover inflatable guitars for E-team members and others arriving to honor Norm “Tenacious N” Coleman.

A suggested musical selection: AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top,” from the ending credits of the movie “School of Rock”: