The Reading List: College Costs a Lot

By Ben Sales May 18, 2011

Ouch! [Inflation Data] Schechter put $240,000 toward a new logo and slogan, among other initiatives. [JW] Birthright is raking in the cash. [JW] A self-hating Jew named Israel. [Tablet] This person hates Philip Roth. [The Guardian]

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The Reading List: Should You Even Be Going to College?

By Ben Sales February 16, 2011

If it’s costing this much, maybe not. [USA Today College] The Israeli press is all over Hillel. [Hillel Blog] The head of a right-wing Israeli activist group worked for a company that does business with Iran. [Ha’aretz] Day schools need a different approach to teaching Israel, writes Gary Rosenblatt. [JW] Archaeologists have found what may…

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The Reading List: Female Students Fight to be Allowed Back in the Kitchen

By Ben Sales November 24, 2010

It’s not what you think. Donyel Meese talks about her struggle to become the only female mashgicha, or kosher kitchen supervisor, on campus.  [Leftover Cholent] Israeli students aren’t the only ones protesting. For the Brits, tuition is too much. [HuffPo] And some students finally get the opportunity to go to school. The Jewish Community Foundation…

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The Reading List: The GA Destroyed My Understanding of Zionism

By Ben Sales November 16, 2010

So says a journalism student who went to the GA’s Do The Write Thing conference. [Jewlicious] What’s it like going to college after attending Jewish high school? [Schmooze] The Hebrew U. Hillel house puts on a TEDx conference—a regional version of the renowned TED conference. [Jewlicious] Does college today cost too much? Maybe not, these guys…

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