Defying Orthodoxies on Israel/Palestine: A YU Student’s Journey
“Quickly, I learned that it was not only possible – but necessary – to hold multiple truths and consider the traumas of multiple peoples.”
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
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“Her memories will become monuments”: On Poland, Irena Klepfisz, and the Search for Home
“It was on the plane to Warsaw that Irena Klepfisz’s writing began to feel less like poetry and more like prophecy.”
A Yiddish Camp Saga
The weeklong trip to Camp Kinder Ring has been around, formally, for 14 years. But, for the first time, yunge mentshn (“young people”) would fill the bunks, and meet the generations that came before.
A “Die-In” at Bard College
“As the war continues, students search for an outlet for their grief, and ways to do something that feels meaningful. But constraints like social anxiety, institutional pressure, and blacklisting have made activism difficult.”
Opinion: Demonizing Each Other Hurts Us All
“I am choosing to allow for my discomfort because dialogue is important to me, and I believe that peace will always begin with a commitment towards understanding.”
Review: Havurah’s First Jewish Short Film Festival
The films ranged from poignant renderings of love and loss of faith to high energy concepts toying with the forms of Judaism and film alike.
Students share how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting life on campus
“To ignore my emotions would be to ignore the empathy I have for Israelis and Palestinians who are being driven from their homes and who are being killed as collateral damage.”
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“The Yiddish word haymishe comes to mind… It immediately made sense to me as an equal-parts ironic and sincere evocation of the joy and warmth of Midwestern Jewishness.”
The Battle Over California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum
While major Zionist organizations lobby to change California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, many Jewish students and scholars across California have a different outlook on the issue – and are being overlooked in the debate.
Waters Of Heaven, Waters Of Earth
Shira had been texting her best friend for a long time. Maybe this will be forever, she thought. This imperfect, one-sided conversation. The world is built on longing, she remembered as she pulled one end of the gum out of her mouth, stretched it out, and stuck the end back in and pulled to make a loop.
Shabbat Magic
“To my surprise, Shabbat dinners became a predictable and grounding occurrence every week. My mom cooked, I set the table, and my dad and brother cleaned up after the meal. Sometimes it was twenty minutes of near silence then everyone scurried off to their bedrooms again. Sometimes it ended in explosive arguments and someone finishing their plate an hour or two later in the kitchen. But sometimes it worked.”
The Jewish Educator’s Distance-Learning Handbook
Best-practices gleaned from a new generation of Jewish Educators, making the Zoom makom meaningful.
The Spaces We Zoom From
More people are curating their surroundings, framed within a Zoom window. Yet, what lies beyond the edges of the composed picture tells deeper stories of the day-to-day.
How to Build a Sukkah on your College Dorm Porch
A short instructional guide in six easy steps.
Reflections on the “Real World”
“You can’t work at camp for all those summers, watch all those campers burst into bloom under a summer sky that feels close enough to reach out and grab hold of with the tips of your outstretched fingers, without learning to believe in something. And those things I believe about camp live at the very center of my heart; to deny they were true for myself rendered them meaningless, entirely.”