It’s the 41st annual National Jewish Student Journalism Conference

By David A.M. Wilensky March 13, 2012

You’ve waited all year for it. And now it’s finally time to register for the National Jewish Student Journalism Conference! Get excited. It’s on Facebook. This year’s conference will take place May 20-22, 2012 at the NYU Bronfman Center in New York City. It’s sponsored by New Voices Magazine, the Jewish Student Press Service and The Jewish Daily…

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“Women don’t think”: a Modern Orthodox reflection [Religion]

By Simi Lichtman March 13, 2012

It’s not always immediately obvious to the casual observer what the real difference is between Orthodox and Modern Orthodox Judaism. Actually, even to me, the two communities, on the surface, seem pretty similar. So one of us likes to think we’re modern. We’re cutting edge. But when you walk into shul on Hoshana Rabba and…

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41 years ago today, we were on the front page of The New York Times

By David A.M. Wilensky March 13, 2012

41 years ago today, the Jewish Student Press Service (the wire service that preceded New Voices Magazine and the name of the organization that still publishes New Voices) was front page news in The New York Times. Yesterday morning, I went by the American Jewish Historical Society, with the current JSPS board chair, Mik Moore….

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On healing the world through violence [Tikkun Olam]

By pkessler March 13, 2012

  I shudder to think that violence is being hailed as a legitimate and necessary solution to any problem, much less the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been through far too much bloodshed already. But Rabbi Donniel Hartman disagrees. So maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I don’t have the torah expertise that he has, maybe I don’t…

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Reflections on Historical Anti-Semitism; Jew Pond by any other name; Rabbi claims targeted killings foster Tikkun Olam, and more [Required Reading]

By pkessler March 13, 2012

Shimon Peres wants you to be his Facebook friend [JTA] President of Israel Shimon Peres has launched a clever media campaign, enlisting the help of remix artist Noy Alooshe to extend his message – be my Facebook friend, for peace. Civil War Bigotry, Revisited [Slate] While pretty much everyone is familiar with the racist history leading…

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Queer activism vs. queer safe spaces [Mailbag]

By Harpo Jaeger March 13, 2012

We recently posted an op-ed by Carolyn Klaasen, a member of Young, Jewish & Proud.  Carolyn argued that a queer safe space is one where queers can “strategize, energize, and organize to fight for our safety outside of that space.”  She applies this understanding to a dispute over whether queer Palestinian solidarity activists should be…

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