Anonymous

We Deserve Blessings

By Anonymous June 30, 2023

In June 2023, New Voices published a series of micro-stories about “Queer Jewish Joy”. As hostility toward trans and queer people persists across the country, we can derive strength from the moments that remind us how beautiful it is to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. As we continue to fight for justice, stories of…

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I’m A Jew & I Couldn’t Celebrate Rosh Hashanah This Year

By Anonymous September 27, 2021

For young working-class Jews stuck in abusive living situations, ritual observance can become difficult or impossible – a struggle often erased in American Jewish communities, where classism and assumptions of wealth pervade.

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The Torah of OCD

By Anonymous April 14, 2021

“The Torah of OCD is simple: it is an important and very serious mitzvah to manage my OCD as skillfully as I am able on any given day, seeking out the support and resources I need to live well and in good health. And it is deeply complicated: I am no longer comfortable theologizing pain.”

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We Can’t Ignore Domestic Violence in Jewish Homes

By Anonymous November 8, 2017

For the safety of the writer, this piece has been published anonymously.  Every part of the term “domestic violence” is misleading. The author bell hooks once said that the proper name for domestic violence is patriarchal violence because violence against women and children does not begin at home. It is directly connected to sexism and…

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My Bipolar Disorder Taught Me Strength

By Anonymous May 1, 2017

When I was in first grade, my family set high academic standards. From day one, my father told me I was going to Harvard, despite my learning barriers. For years, that belief was instilled in me, and I made sure to fit his dream, skeptical of whose passions drove me. To get the grades, I…

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Hillel Isn’t Homophobic – It’s My Home

By Anonymous April 14, 2017

When I first came to Boston University in the fall of 2014, I split my time about evenly between two places – the Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Activism (CGSA), home to all the LGBT-centric groups on campus, and BU Hillel, the center of Jewish life. But as time went by, I gravitated more and…

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My Life as a Gay Fratstar

By Anonymous March 31, 2015

Being gay in a fraternity has not been the easiest experience. I joined Alpha Epsilon Pi as a wandering, socially inept freshman. I was at lunch at Hillel and one of the brothers of the fraternity, a fellow psychology major, took an interest in me. He brought me out to a party, and after meeting…

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I Violate Hillel’s Israel Guidelines: A Non-Apology

By Anonymous January 13, 2014

In a rebuttal to last month’s New York Times article profiling college students who question Hillel guidelines on Israel, Hillel International President and CEO Eric Fingerhut wrote that an “unwavering line” existed on cosponsoring events or welcoming students who “delegitimize, demonize or apply a double standard to Israel; support boycotts, divestment or sanctions against Israel;…

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Facing the Enemy

By Anonymous February 5, 2008

An American Jew reflects on a trip to Bethlehem, where he watched Shakespeare in Love in Arabic with a kid named Matthew.

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More than a Succubus

By Anonymous May 17, 2006

Confessions of a Shiksa

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Finding My Voice

By Anonymous February 23, 2005

Winter Break Revelations

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Just Another Guy on Jdate

By Anonymous March 30, 2004

Can Internet Dating Be The Last Refuge of A Scoundrel?

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The Battle Within

By Anonymous March 26, 2002

A young woman’s struggle to find her Jewish identity

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