Campus Recap: Columbia Style

By Carly Silver November 22, 2010

While most college campuses are slowing gears in anticipation of Thanksgiving break (the first opportunity to go home since the summer for most students — though not usually Jewish ones), Columbia has been abuzz with different news. Always a hotbed for Middle East discussion and controversy, this university doesn’t seem to be taking any breaks:…

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The Reading List: Protest mounts against Columbia/Barnard Hillel

By Ben Sales November 22, 2010

A group of Columbia/Barnard alumni have sent a petition to the schools’ Hillel, advocating open discourse and protesting the Hillel’s decision to pressure the schools’ J Street U affiliate to drop its sponsorship of Gaza UNRWA Director John Ging. [Jewschool] Yes, there is a Guinness World Record for number of dreidels spun simultaneously, and YU students are…

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If The Birds and Pigs Can’t Do It…

By jmerkin November 22, 2010

The hot video of the day, “Angry Birds Peace Treaty,” hilariously illustrates how futile peace discussions can prove to be. The birds and the pigs are trying to broker a peace agreement, after what seems like much “hardship” and failed attempts in the past. The video, posted on Israel’s long-standing comedy/satire show ‘Eretz Nehederet‘ (…

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Did SNL Use a Talis as a Decoration in a Sketch?

By jmerkin November 22, 2010

Those of you who spent your Saturday night glued to the boob-tube may have seen a mysterious talis on the tele-waves. No, you weren’t drunk. Anne Hathway hosted Saturday Night Live this week, and one of the skits boasted a talis as a wall hanging. In case you don’t want to sit through an otherwise…

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