A Jew Tries to Save Kenya
Adam Hummel went to Kenya in 2008 to help prevent cattle theft, and found himself alone with a tour guide. Two years later, after a soccer tournament and a peace treaty, he’s building a new future for Kenyan youth.
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Adam Hummel went to Kenya in 2008 to help prevent cattle theft, and found himself alone with a tour guide. Two years later, after a soccer tournament and a peace treaty, he’s building a new future for Kenyan youth.
The Soviet authorities told Naum Meiman that he would never be able to leave Russia. 12 years after his family fleed, he landed in Tel Aviv. This is his story of survival, and the American fight to get him out.
The University of Florida Hillel has begun offering classes in Krav Maga, the official martial art of the Israeli army. The result? A bunch of Jewish students in a room–kicking, punching and slapping each other in the face.
On a summer internship in Sderot, the embattled southern Israeli town near Gaza, the author sees trauma through the lens of the camera. A story about qassams, plays and perseverance.
Jacob Arem had to navigate twisted Damascus streets and approach random old men, but he had finally found it: the last remnants of Syria’s Jewish community. Here is the story of a small but resilient group, determined to hang on to their roots.
Moishe House provides a shared space and programming for post-college Jews. But is the organization another set of Jewish communal training wheels, an attempt by the Establishment Jewish community to defer adulthood for these 20-somethings?
Avi Smolen and Justin Rosen announced their upcoming nuptials in the New Jersey Jewish Standard, and what followed in quick succession were: complaints from the Orthodox community, a Jewish Standard ban on future same-sex announcements, complaints from the rest of the community and a second note from the Standard retracting the original ban. Now, New Voices bypasses the commotion and goes straight to the source: Avi Smolen, one of the grooms.
The movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israeli activity in the West Bank and Gaza, commonly known as BDS, has been gaining steam at a few campuses across the country and has been sparking an incendiary debate nationwide. At the center of that debate are Jewish students–many of whom support the cause.
When they go abroad, students often feel lost and confused in a new country. And some find romance with a local resident overseas to ease the culture shock. But does the new relationship add familiarity to the experience, or make it even more foreign?
After New Republic Editor-in-chief Martin Peretz wrote a column suggesting that Muslims be stripped of their First Amendment rights, students from his alma mater, Brandeis, demanded that he apologize for betraying the schools values. Here’s a look behind the brouhaha.
The author was living a comfortable life in Hebrew University’s graduate school. So she decided to move to the capital of the West Bank.
In this review of “Jewish U,” a student from the University of Maryland criticizes the book for giving too specific advice to too broad a range of students and feels that the author is out of touch with today’s campus.
In this take on “Jewish U,” the reviewer–a student at the small Drew University in New Jersey–takes the author to task for focusing too much on Hillel and talking down to students.
Rabbi Scott Aaron of the Union for Reform Judaism recently released the latest version of his book, “Jewish U: A Contemporary Guide for the Jewish College Student.” We had three Jewish students from three campuses review it. Their recommendations: the book is too unimaginative, its scope is too broad and its advice is irrelevant for today’s Jewish college students.
What began as a research appointment in the Agricultural Ministry of Malawi turned into a conversation about life, family and why such different people can also be so similar