Fifth Column at the Town Hall

By Elle Mikulincer-Weiss June 18, 2010

Christian-Muslim Kulturkampf comes to the neighborhood

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Gaza Flotilla Crisis Edition

By New Voices Staff June 2, 2010

The New Voices blog takes on the crisis off the Gazan shore.

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Nu, Uncle Sam Wants You?

By Miriam Berger May 24, 2010

Jews in the ROTC have to balance class, religion, and training for the likes of Iraq and Afghanistan. Here’s why they joined, and how they feel as Jews fighting in the US military.

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Beyond Tolerance

By Ben Sales May 6, 2010

Coming off of the Yeshiva University panel in December about being gay and Orthodox, a queer Orthodox group hosted a Shabbaton conference with the Orthodox Community at the University of Pennsylvania, discussing inclusion and challenges.

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Brandeis Injustice?

By Ben Sales April 29, 2010

The selection of Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren as Brandeis University’s commencement speaker has ignited opposition among some students.

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500 Jews in One Room

By Caroline Kessler April 19, 2010

Jewlicious, a three-day national Jewish festival and conference for young Jews in southern California, wanted to bring together Orthodox and Reform, hipsters and hippies, New Yorkers and Los Angelenos. But what happens when those Jews all find themselves in the same place?

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The New Newspaper War

By Carly Silver April 8, 2010

Bwog, a news blog at Columbia University, is taking readers away from the campus paper, the Columbia Spectator. Does this spell doom for the college newspaper industry, or can the Spectator keep up?

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Start Crying!

By Simeon Botwinick March 8, 2010

She has worked as a farmer, a waitress, a creative writing teacher, an in-hospital sex-educator and a lamp-maker–and now she’s writing an internet advice column. Merissa Nathan Gerson, the self-proclaimed “28-year Old Yenta,” runs AskYourYenta.com, where she offers assistance on anything from sex to eating habits.

New Voices reporter Simeon Botwinick spoke with Gerson to find out why she started AskYourYenta and how she hopes to help.

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We’re hiring!!!

By admin March 4, 2010

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There is a staff position opening at New Voices and the Jewish Student Press Service! New Voices is seeking a part-time web editor to manage, edit and enhance its web content.

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Unholy Matrimony

By Amy Beth Oppenheimer March 1, 2010

A look at Israel’s marital issues

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Filming Israeli Marriage

By Beth Zalcman March 1, 2010

A conversation with “Faces of Israel” Director Amy Beth Oppenheimer

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Looking for Love Before Graduation

By Aaron Greenstein February 22, 2010

Orthodox Jewish law prohibits members of the opposite sex from touching each other in any way. On college campuses filled with romance and sex, what’s an observant Jew to do? Inside the conflicted world of Orthodox Jewish college dating.

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Orthodox Jews Are People Too

By Carly Silver February 17, 2010

…And other things I learned at a Columbia University Hillel party.
Balancing ritual, culture, observance and secularism as a college Jew.

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Have a Nargilah

By Alisha Kinman February 15, 2010

Hookah-smoking has been gaining popularity with Jewish students at campuses across the country as a recreational activity. But is it a new road to coexistence or just another hazard to your health?

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Interview with the Tefillin Terrorist

By Joshua Goldman February 1, 2010

My cousin, the national security threat

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