Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Yasmin Levy‘s band sounded, in a word, warm. Melodic double bass, percussive Spanish guitar, wavering, klezmer-like clarinet, and laid back latin percussion. It was a thick, mid-range heavy sound, gently syncopated on slow songs, and pulsing quickly for the high energy numbers. It filled up the Somerville Theater Wednesday night. But all of it was…
*Sigh* Israel Apartheid Week is underway, like it or not. Before we jump into a round-up of the relevant news, here’s something to cheer you up–more Maccabeats! It’s their new Purim/Pink tune. If you’re into that sort of thing. And now for the less fun stuff: One Jewish student is suing UC Berkeley because a…
Months after Wayne Firestone released his controversial guidelines about which groups are and are not welcome in Hillel, the battle rages on. Today, news came out that the pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions group Jewish Voice for Peace was declined membership in Brandeis University’s Hillel, prompting this post from Magnes Zionist blogger Jerry Haber: Of course, Hillel…
500 college students–one quarter of the total attendees–descended on Washington at the end of February for J Street’s national conference. The size of the student delegation displayed the growth of J Street U during the past year, and gave students a central role in the conference.
T-minus 6 days and counting! Projector prepped, curtains pulled and seats stainless. This can only mean one thing. Gainesville’s first Jewish Film Festival is about to make waves in north central Florida. Starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, the festival will run until March 29 and will be open to the public. A film will…
It’s fund raising season at Vancouver Hillel. Against my initial instincts, I signed up for one night of calling during the telethon. I figured that I take from Hillel (food, internet bandwith, naps on their couch), so it was the least I could do. But let me be clear, asking people for donations is one…
It came to my attention last night that this is the seventh annual Israel Apartheid Week. A time in which cities across the world, and several colleges across the United States, protest Israel’s displacement of the Palestinians as a result of becoming a state. The official website goes so far as to declare Israel to…
Say what? Holocaust doc “Shoah” is playing on illegal Iranian satellite television. With Farsi subtitles. [JTA] Whoa! Big news as Israel announces plans to demolish some settlements. [JTA] At NYC’s New Shul, the best chefs win the Golden Schmaltz Award. Yum. [The Jew & The Carrot–The Forward] Why is Obama tossing a fake football around…
There are many different types of Hillels depending on campus sizes, locations, financials, and denominational presences. My own at Miami is pretty small, nowhere near a Jewish community, not financially stable, and composed of Reform and Conservative Jews that don’t seem to have strong denominational identifications to speak of. We have hardly any “Greek Jews”…
This is a guest post written by Australian student and blogger Liam Getreu. We asked him to write it in response to this JTA article, “Study finds one-fourth of Australians harbor antisemitic prejudices.” For a country of supposedly happy-go-lucky beach-goers without a care in the world, it’s shocking to think that Australia could, perhaps, be…
I was going to drop some Pulitzer-worthy coverage of Boston University Students for Israel’s peaceful protest for Israel/against anti-semitism, but this inhuman cold-flu hybrid left me stuck in bed. It’s not a good look in my apartment; I’m too dizzy to clean up my room, but enough kvetchink. Sunday marks the beginning of the Boston…
Better late than never: Not as good as those Hanukkah dreamboats, I think, but still fun. [Ein Prat Fountainheads] And you thought Natalie Portman couldn’t get any more amazing. [NYT] Turns out Italy isn’t as Catholic as it seems. [Pink Pangea] Where do you go if you’re a student in Egypt and things get ugly?…
Update: I’ve issued a correction to some of the information in this post. I’m really impressed with the passion that the leaders of J Street U bring to their work. At the student session on Sunday night of the J Street conference, they emphasized the role that students can play in the larger movement. This…
Kicking off the start of JAM, Jewish Awareness Month, tonight Alan Dershowitz, Esq. will be speaking at the University of Florida. Hosted by UF Hillel, ACCENT, and the Jewish Student Union, at tonight’s discussion, Mr. Dershowitz will be holding a conversation forum with the President of the University of Florida, Dr. Machen, followed by a…
Egyptians are celebrating in the streets, but Israel is worried. Here’s why Israel should support the democratic revolution in Cairo–and follow the example of Syria in 1979.