Queen Esther’s Second Seder

By Zach Beer April 12, 2022

The Talmud says the story of Purim happened over Passover. Who says second night seder isn’t special?

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Review: “The Rational Passover Haggadah” by Dennis Prager

By Drew Perkoski March 2, 2022

Published this week by a conservative Christian media group, New Voices sat down to read Dennis Prager’s new haggadah.

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Escape the Plagues & Find Liberation: A Pesach Puzzle Game

By Lisa Stein March 18, 2021

Can an escape room be a spiritual endeavor? Can play help us feel connected to the people around us? Can games be holy work? Can puzzles help us engage with the challenging social justice themes of the Passover story?

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Eight Nights of Jewish Zines

By Rena Yehuda Newman December 10, 2020

New Voices Magazine has a different kind of light to bring to each night of Hanukkah: Jewish zines. Our Editor is excited to spotlight a series of their favorite independently published zines throughout the holiday, featuring a new zine each day to increase the indie-publishing light alongside the growing glow of the chanukkiah.

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Eight Nights of Jewish Zines: The JOOOT Hanukkah 5781 Zine

By New Voices Editorial Board December 8, 2020

An interview with the creators of Judaism On Our Own Terms Hanukkah 5781 Zine.

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How to Build a Sukkah on your College Dorm Porch

By Rebecca Tauber October 20, 2020

A short instructional guide in six easy steps.

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To Go to Class or Not to Go to Class?

By Daniel Levine October 21, 2016

Originally published in Ha’Am. There is perhaps no decision more representative of the difficulties of being a practicing Jewish college student than the quintessential question of whether or not to attend class during Chag. To me, this is not a question of grades or even the inconvenience of having to spend long, sleepless nights catching…

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Jews cannot ignore Syrian refugees

By Amram Altzman November 30, 2015

When I was a child, my mother taught me that Thanksgiving was a holiday of immigrants and refugees. It was fitting, then, that Thanksgiving was a holiday my family spent with my maternal grandparents, who were themselves, along with my mother, Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union in 1981. Although my understanding of the holiday…

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Beginning to forgive a rapist on Yom Kippur

By Jourdan Stein September 28, 2015

Yom Kippur is a day we all associate with asking forgiveness. It is a day when every Jew admits in public that they are not perfect. That they have sinned. We ask God to inscribe us in the Book of Life despite our transgressions. Over the course of twenty-five hours we hit our chests while…

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Five songs to get you in the mood for Tu B’Av

By Michele Amira July 28, 2015

Have you ever wondered how Tu B’Av became marketed in Israel as an Israeli Valentine’s Day? When I went to Israel to visit my cousins, I was surprised to see Tu B’Av being celebrated as such a commercial holiday. Being the yenta that I am, I set out on a journey to find out why….

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The Ten Commandments of Recovery

By Jourdan Stein June 3, 2014

Shavuot commemorates receiving the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. It is customarily observed by participating in a night of learning. Since I last wrote, I have relapsed and gone back to residential treatment for anorexia. Going back to treatment for the second time since January took a great deal of courage and taught me a…

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My Thanksgivukkah Dilemmukkah: A Retrospective

By Dani Plung December 5, 2013

  Over the past several weeks, reminders of the occurrence of Thanksgivukah were impossible to avoid. Hanukkah was to coincide with Thanksgiving, for the first time in over 100 years and for what will allegedly be the last time in 70,000 years. Surely, this was an event this dramatic could not be overlooked! On the…

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Purim Pieces Palooza

By New Voices February 22, 2013

Here at New Voices, we’re very excited about Purim, as we’re sure you must be as well (take that as an order). After all, what’s not to like? Baked goods + costumes + alcohol + heartwarming story of good vs. evil = one hell of a good time. So pretty much everyone on our masthead…

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How to Spend Your Jewish Christmas Day

By Simi Lichtman December 24, 2012

Well, here it is again: Christmas. Lights are a-twinkling in every store window, Salvation Army volunteers are ringing bells everywhere, and green and red drape every available space in the country. As Jews who weren’t raised with a tree in our living room, there’s more than a bit of FOMO this time of year. We…

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Uhhh Is It A Jewish Holiday Today?

By H. B. Rubin October 10, 2012

This post may be short, but it’s vital: I needed to update you all on what I think is the best internet invention since the 2008 Bush Presidency Count-Down Clock (oops, now I just gave away my political views). The holiday season has been particularly brutal this year– and I don’t mean by way of engorgement. The…

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