The Reading List: Let me in, pro-Israel community

By Ben Sales October 28, 2010

When you verbally abuse students and shut them out of your community, bad things can happen. [JW] Former New Voices head honcho Mik Moore channels FDR ahead of the election: Do not fear! [HuffPo] Yeshiva students are getting funding from the Israeli government? OK, give it to university students too. [Vos Iz Neias] And don’t…

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Jews and the Rebirth of the Cool

By bspringer October 28, 2010

A friend of mine coaches soccer for tween boys in Boulder. One day during practice, she noticed one of the boys had a water bottle with the inscription “Hebrew High.” “Wait, are you Jewish?” my friend asked (she’s not a Jew). The boy responded in the affirmative. My friend proceeds to exclaim: “That’s so cool!”…

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Russian Jewish activism dominates “Jewish Community Hero” finalists

By Ben Sales October 28, 2010

As Jewish organizations across the country have found out through a stream of emails during the past couple months, the Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Hero Award competition is in its final round. Out of hundreds of nominees ranging from Chabad rabbis to social justice workers, judges have picked five finalists, one of which will win $25,000 for his…

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Masa Israel Opening Event

By bbarer October 28, 2010

I was invited to live-blog the event in addition to offering some thoughts afterwards, and while it was tempting for someone of my generation to withdraw from the experience that I was a part of and dispassionately describe it for those who could not be there, I felt like it was a really great opportunity…

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Between Hillel and the Synagogue

By David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2010

Moishe House provides a shared space and programming for post-college Jews. But is the organization another set of Jewish communal training wheels, an attempt by the Establishment Jewish community to defer adulthood for these 20-somethings?

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