L’dor V’dor: The Resilience of Ethiopian Jewish Practice

By Ashton Macklin February 21, 2024

“More than one group has a pencil for the Book of Life.”

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Hebrew School Dropout: One Quarter Capitalist (On My Mom’s Side)

By Andrew Leonard January 17, 2024

“I watched as the sheep lined up to buy their Famous Amos cookies and Herr’s sour cream and onion chips. While they forked up dollar after crumpled dollar, my grandfather’s wet lips whispered in my ear: sell.”

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When Kahane Came to Campus

By Charlie Summers January 12, 2024

The ultranationalist rabbi whose successors are now at the helm of Israel’s government had an intimate history with Maryland’s Jewish community — one which has been long-since forgotten.

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A Yiddish Camp Saga

By Tyler Kliem January 5, 2024

The weeklong trip to Camp Kinder Ring has been around, formally, for 14 years. But, for the first time, yunge mentshn (“young people”) would fill the bunks, and meet the generations that came before.

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A “Die-In” at Bard College

By Misha Schaffner-Kargman December 28, 2023

“As the war continues, students search for an outlet for their grief, and ways to do something that feels meaningful. But constraints like social anxiety, institutional pressure, and blacklisting have made activism difficult.”

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Opinion: Demonizing Each Other Hurts Us All

By Rebecca Raush December 7, 2023

“I am choosing to allow for my discomfort because dialogue is important to me, and I believe that peace will always begin with a commitment towards understanding.”

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Past Informs Present as Brown University Arrests 20 Students

By Talia LeVine December 1, 2023

Sharing the voices of Jewish organizers behind the November sit-in.

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Epilogues and Edges

By Relly Robinson November 10, 2023

“Even if we somehow managed to get every member back into that living room in Edinburgh, singing the same songs, it will never feel the same. We will no longer have those same strings of connection, varying in strength but never tenderness, weaving between us.”

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“Israelism” Review: The Dangers of Pro-Israel Indoctrination

By Daniel Kushner September 6, 2023

“In declaring that the only way for Jews to be safe is for Israel to be safe, the safety of Jews everywhere else has effectively been compromised.”

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Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection

By Miri Verona September 1, 2023

“The Yiddish word haymishe comes to mind… It immediately made sense to me as an equal-parts ironic and sincere evocation of the joy and warmth of Midwestern Jewishness.”

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The Mizrahi Black Panthers Dreamed of a Different Future

By Maia Golzar Anderson August 20, 2023

“At this moment of heightened conflict, we must remember, and draw inspiration from the Mizrahi legacy of intersectional activism through the Mizrahi Black Panther Party in Israel.”

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Special Report: Behind CUNY graduation speech furor, a university divided over Zionism

By Arno Rosenfeld July 6, 2023

Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s graduation address is the latest chapter in a complicated story about Zionism, antisemitism and free speech at one of New York City’s most important universities.

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A Day in the Life of Gedenkdiener

By Raquel G. Frohlich July 3, 2023

“My grandpa was in the Hitler Youth—now I’m doing a very different thing.”

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AEPi Sweethearts

By Sean Githens 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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The History of Jewish Summer Camp Could Change its Future

By Julia Hegele June 15, 2023

“It can be hard to let go of the sense that camp is full of tradition and history… but change is ok. It’s inevitable.”

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