Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Have you been here? I have a classmate at Brandeis who has. She’s originally from Bangladesh but now resides in the Netherlands. She’s not Jewish. She chose to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau after her high school history teacher sparked her curiosity in the famous exhibit of victims’ shoes in the Auschwitz museum. This summer, she had the…
My last night in Amman I called my mother in the States as I slowly wandered down the main road in the Tla Al’alia region where I live and searched for an empty taxi for the final ride to a friend’s. Amid the bustle of honking horns and blaring radios, I reviewed with her the…
As I tried to look at my evolving haircut in the mirror my eyes turned to the numerous certificates, letters of recognition and even a diploma touting the qualifications of the man who was now trimming my hair, a bonafide barber’s apprentice, according to New York State. I don’t know whether I’ve ever gotten a…
Even though I love Israel (and surprise, surprise, Israelis) and can’t imagine living anywhere else in the world, there is one thing I would change about Israeli society in a heartbeat, if I could. To be sure, there are actually several things I would change, but none as urgently as the Israeli mentality of “magee’a…