New Voices

Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.

Article Archive

From Amy to Aviva: My Journey From Bullying Target to School Faculty

By Aviva Perlman | May 9, 2013

Two months ago, New Voices published an article about childhood bullying and its life-long effects. We put out a call for our readers to send in their own stories, of bullying and of what that bullying means to them now; of these stories, we chose the one that resonated with us most strongly. That story…

Read More...

The Bullies, the Bullied, and Their Permanent Scars

By Simi Lichtman | February 27, 2013

If you’ve ever been alive—and the fact that you’re reading this article is a fairly strong indicator that you currently are—then you know someone who’s been bullied, and you probably know someone who’s been the bully. You might even be one—or both—of those people. If you were, we want to know your story. (Keep reading.)…

Read More...

The Reading List: Why did Norman Mailer hate masturbation?

By Ben Sales | October 8, 2010

Like the dwindling Christine O’Donnell, he condemned self-flagellation, but back then no one cared… kind of like no one cared about his mayoral candidacy. An amusing article from the Forward. [Forward MitzVote] Speaking of masturbation, the very Jewish Columbia  University ranks number one in terms of sexual health! [PR Newswire] Speaking of smart Jews, well, there are lots…

Read More...

It Doesn’t End with the Jewish Standard

By bspringer | October 7, 2010

So, the New Jersey Jewish Standard has admitted that it has made a mistake last week when they apologized to homophobes who were upset with their publishing of a gay wedding announcement and agreed to never again publish one. Excuse me if I’m not overwhelmed with glee. I am certainly pleased that the individuals who…

Read More...

It Gets Better: Sukkot Edition

By bspringer | September 30, 2010

As I sat down to write today’s post, I had intended to write on The Social Network and two excellent blog posts from Marc Tracy and Danielle Berrin on the new movie about Facebook creator, super-Jew and world’s youngest billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it. There was something far heavier…

Read More...