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It’s been a fairly slow start to 2011 for Vancouver Hillel, at least from my perspective. No George Galloway or UBC student groups to stir things up. Perhaps the weather is to blame. Winter in the PNW is infamously drab, and the overcast skies have a tendency to dampen even the brightest spirits. But as…
In the above video, posted yesterday by the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, BJPA Director Seven M. Cohen says that “Birthright is making a mistake” by not allowing a J Street trip. Cohen recommends, in brief, that Birthright provide “value-oriented trips to Israel”–a range of trips that provide space for students with diverse values or beliefs. Birthright,…
How do you measure a Jewish population? By faith? By numbers? By synagogue? The New Haven Independent, a paper discussing the affairs of New Haven, CT, says that, in that area, numbers of Jews are statistically rising. However, the study was “supplemented by contacts with 536 households with Jewish-sounding names.” Is this the right way…
This article has been edited to reflect a correction: Student leaders of the procession protesting Professor Petersen-Overton’s curriculum have met with Brooklyn College’s administration to discuss their concerns. Previously, this article implied that those meetings had not yet taken place. I take great pride in calling myself a Zionist, but I take greater pride in…
It is the miSinai, conventional wisdom in media that the future is in convergence. Convergence is the idea that you produce content that can be repackaged in a variety of media. For instance, let’s imagine that we at New Voices still have our print edition, but we also have a podcast and regular video pieces. Then,…
J Street U got confirmation that its Birthright trip was good to go. Then Birthright found out about it. Was the trip proposed and declined, approved and cancelled or shut down due to political pressure? And what does it mean for the Zionist conversation on campus?
Some pray, some preach and others paint. Organized by UF Hillel, Rosh Chodesh was given an artistic touch. Do Art, an interactive art and pottery shop in Gainesville, Fla., held the first Rosh Chodesh event of the semester by bringing together amateur and professional artists alike. The two hour, girls-only event was paid for up-front…
I never had a genuine snow day before I came to college. My school district prided itself on never delaying the power of education because of wind or weather. My childhood found me schlepping to school in spite of the whirling white flakes. So, you can imagine my girlish delight when it was declared that…
J Street U issued a statement yesterday that its Birthright trip had been cancelled, but today Birthright issued a statement of its own saying that it never approved the J Street U trip in the first place, and that J Street U cannot facilitate a Birthright trip because J Street has an overt political stance…