Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
So, Rosh Hashana is over. Your excuse to not go attend classes for “religious reasons” is moot for the next ten days. The crazy fruits have been eaten, the apple-themed shul outfits have been worn, and your ears are a bit hung over from their shofar drunk. But wait, what do you do with all…
We finally did it. We burned down that horrible, pain-in-the-[insert funny Yiddish-ish word for “ass” here] website. Welcome to the new and improved newvoices.org. And make sure you check out everything this glorious new blog has to offer. If we do this right, the Conspiracy will cover everything you’d expect a cell of the Jewish…
Those of you who have paid attention to the Conservative Judaism movement in recent months may recall that it is officially, like, so totally inclusive now. As JTA reported when the news broke: “The Conservative movement – affirming that same-sex marriages have ‘the same sense of holiness and joy as that expressed in heterosexual marriages’ — last…
Ever since a friend made me sit down and watch Adam Curtis’ 2004 documentary film series The Power of Nightmares, I’ve been obsessed with the series’ main thesis. In the series, Curtis argues that neo-conservatism and radical Islamism share core values. The movie follows the ideological development of future Muslim Brotherhood leader Sayyid Qutb as…
Remember that time when the Zionist Organization of America’s Mort Klein went on a tear about me, observing that I was “young and inexperienced,” and thus unqualified to critique official Jews such as himself? (Here’s what I wrote at the time.) Right on, Mort! We are proud to say we’ve been run for over 40…
It’s not every day a Jewish college student gets to announce the commencement of a new (or is it the continuation of a millennia-old?) media conspiracy. So we intend to do so with great pride and pomp. Insofar as such, heretofore and wherewithal: Welcome, one and all! To those coming from far, from near, from…