A USF Student Senate Bill on Israel Results in Rare Collaboration

By Sara Weissman February 27, 2018

The University of Southern Florida student government passed a resolution last month entitled “New Hope,” critiquing President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But what makes this bill different from all other controversial student government bills? Drafters and campus Jews worked on it together. The resolution came out…

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Trump’s SNAP Proposal Isn’t True Tzedakah

By Noah Strauss February 23, 2018

This week, the Trump administration proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including a plan that half of recipients benefits come in the form of a harvest box  in the place of food stamps. The box would contain foods preselected for their economic benefit to U.S. farmers and nutritional value. Sounds good, right?…

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Poland Holocaust Law Prompts European Jewish Student Reactions

By Lev Gringauz February 21, 2018

A new piece of right-wing Polish legislation, which criminalizes accusing Poland of complicity in the Holocaust, sparked international condemnation, hitting a particularly raw nerve with Jews in America and Israel. But for European Jewry – and Jewish students – this nerve has been exposed for years. The amendment to the Act on the Institute of…

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On Friday, We Wear Teal to Hillel for Survivors

By Sydney Korman February 15, 2018

Statistics show that one in five women on American college campuses will be the victim of sexual assault. That’s why I work every day to educate my campus on Title IX issues, as a student at Pace University and the executive director of PaceUEndRape. Having watched my friends experience helplessness after assaults and debate if…

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The Jewish Campus Conflict Over Kenneth Marcus – A Reading Guide

By New Voices Staff February 13, 2018

Since this article was published, Hillel International released the following statement. Hillel International recently landed itself in a controversy among its constituents by endorsing President Trump’s civil rights nominee for the Department of Education, Kenneth Marcus. A little background: Marcus is the founder and president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under…

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Merging My Judaism and Disability Advocacy

By Lily Coltoff February 12, 2018

I’ve met member of the House Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus Rep. James Langevin (D-RI), networked with RespectAbilityUSA president Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and practiced my ASL with program director of Gallaudet University Hillel Jacob Salem, the first-ever Hillel director who is Deaf. One year ago, as a freshman at American University, I could scarcely imagine having any…

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5 Jewy Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day Week

By New Voices Staff February 8, 2018

1. Try out some terrible Jewish pick-up lines on your Jew-boo. Jewish pick-up lines are consistently cringe-worthy. We all know this. But they’re a great way to test the strength of your relationship. (Don’t try these on strangers… Just don’t.) If your person sticks around through these pick-up lines, you know you two can weather…

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Grieving Students Rely on Their Hillel Communities

By Michelle Rubinov February 6, 2018

Standing in the middle of New York’s Penn Station on her way home after her mother’s memorial service, Julia Brody, University of Delaware ’17, found a place to plug her phone in, with thoughts and memories of her mother still heavy in her head. A man using using the same outlet struck up a conversation…

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