Meet the Young, Progressive Voter Constituency Budding in Los Angeles’ Persian Jewish Community

By Sophie Levy November 5, 2020

“I used to feel so ostracized, so stigmatized and isolated because of my leftist beliefs…but I don’t feel like a pariah anymore. The network of support I’ve found with other young Persian Jews is small, but it’s really made an immediate difference in our lives. It feels like there’s been a shift in the ground I’m standing on.”

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How Jewish Students Prepare for the 2020 Election

By Rena Yehuda Newman November 3, 2020

Part one of New Voices Magazine’s 2020 Election coverage, reporting on Jewish student responses to this historic event.

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Fifty Shades of J Street

By Derek M. Kwait October 21, 2013

It used to be, said a speaker at J Street U’s plenary session during the national J Street Conference, that students were expected to listen to learn from others. Now, he said, with the success of the fights for civil rights, marriage equality, unionizing, and women’s rights—all of which were led by student movements—the world…

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The best friends in the world

By Ben Sales April 1, 2010

Much has been made lately about the current “crisis” in Israeli-American relations, wherein Israel’s announcement of new East Jerusalem construction during Joe Biden’s visit there has led to an impasse over the extent of the Israeli settlement freeze. Netanyahu says that Israel has never met American opposition to such construction, while Washington claims that the…

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