Netflix’s Latest Teen Flick Models Toxic Masculinity

By Erin Ben-Moche May 31, 2018

Not even Molly Ringwald could save Netflix’s new teen romantic comedy. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, at a time when women’s rights are in and sexualizing women is out, it seems rather odd that Netflix chose to stream its latest teen flick “The Kissing Booth.” The film, starring Joey King, Joel Courtney and…

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Student Cooks Eggs on Laptop Overheated by Israel-Palestine Hot Takes – New Vices

By Lev Gringauz May 29, 2018

A local Jewish college student on the front lines of BDS recently boiled eggs on his AIPAC-sticker-laden laptop using the raw energy of online Israel-Palestine-related hot takes. Jake Zucker, of rural New York City, New York, said he wasn’t sure what to do when his stovetop stopped working. “Man, I need a high-protein breakfast if…

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Working With Student Gang Members Changed Me

By Danielle Neuwirth May 24, 2018

In the spring semester of my junior year, Jose* started hanging out with my friend group. The problem was he also hung out out with local gang members. Jose was from south of Worcester, Massachusetts. As a fellow Puerto Rican, he came to me for assistance when he was kicked out of his home, hoping…

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4 Tips for DIY Judaism in Small Campus Communities

By Erin Ben-Moche May 22, 2018

If your family is anything like mine, you were raised on mandel bread and ridiculous family stories that felt like a “Seinfeld” reboot in the making. Growing up, I was a proud member of the Metro Detroit Jewish community. I went to shul regularly, sang in the congregational choir, taught at Sunday school, and attended…

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Is Kush Kosher? I Went to Cannabis Fest to Find Out

By Michele Amira May 3, 2018

This is the true story of a nice Jewish girl’s adventure at the National Cannabis Festival in Washington DC. I went on a quest to find intersections between Judaism and the healing aspects of cannabis. Although Cannabis Fest DC is a Mecca of marijuana education, culture, and music, my journey with marijuana’s medicinal qualities began…

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The #1 Failure of Holocaust Education Isn’t Discussed

By Max Buchdahl May 1, 2018

According to a survey recently reported in the New York Times, 41 percent of millennials wrongly believe two million or fewer Jews died in the Holocaust and that 66 percent of millennials could not say what Auschwitz was. American Jews understandably reacted with extreme concern, shocked that so many of their fellow Americans – particularly…

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