Revisiting The Campus Archives

By Rena Yehuda Newman October 19, 2022

How student activists use the power of archives to serve the local cause they’re fighting for.

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New Year, New Tactics

By Jacquelyn Torres September 21, 2022

New Voices chats with a student organizer for today’s best tips on campus activism and agitation as part of our Disorientation Guide.

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Dispatches from the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice

By Mx. Je'Jae Cleo Daniels May 22, 2022

Hundreds of Jews gathered in Washington DC for the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice. In their own words, here’s why they came.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Independent Jewish Student Organizing

By Sarah Wolf May 16, 2022

An unearthed history of the North American Jewish Students Appeal and its legacy of independent, alternative Jewish student life is more colorful than Hillel wants you to know.

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“Link” by The Melbourne Jewish Labor Bund: Zine Review

By Miranda Sullivan April 29, 2022

Zine review columnist Miranda Sullivan reviews the third edition of “Link”, Melbourne’s Jewish Labor Bund Zine, which carries on an over-a-century-long tradition of Jewish socialist publishing.

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Yom Kippur As A Call-In Moment

By Talia BarNoy September 15, 2021

Our day of atonement is Judaism’s built-in ritual for calling ourselves in.

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Jewish Continuity Demands We Fight For a Green New Deal

By C.C. Wilder September 2, 2021

Activists from the Workers Circle College Network are organizing a new campaign in the ongoing struggle for climate justice.

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To The New Jewish Left

By April Rosenblum August 12, 2021

More American Jews find themselves called to justice work than ever before. April Rosenblum, organizer and author of The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere, brings Torah in this letter for young Jewish activists resisting domination and approaching a tipping point.

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Has the Jewish Community Failed “Never Again” for the Uyghurs?

By Leo Brown May 12, 2021

Despite Jewish organizations rallying together against the genocide, the movement has not gained the same traction within the broader American Jewish community.

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The New Jewish Educator-Activists of Instagram

By Ellanora Lerner January 20, 2021

A new type of Jewish education is going beyond the halls of Hebrew School and straight to the hearts of young diaspora Jews.

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In Pursuit of a Kosher Campus

By Dionna Dash November 9, 2020

How Jewish students across America are struggling to keep kosher at COVID colleges.

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Jewish Students Buckle Down for Lingering Election

By Rena Yehuda Newman November 4, 2020

Though litigation, demonstrations, and civil unrest seem likely, many Jewish students are focused on the pursuit of democracy. “The most important thing to remember is that everything we do is political.”

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Hope at the End of the World

By Rebecca Lubow October 21, 2020

“The arch of history bends like a twisty straw. Nothing is inevitable, and the future may be hard, and sometimes rage and grief are necessary. The hope I’m describing is a leap-of-faith conviction that a better future is possible, and worth fighting for.”

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Yearning to Focus: A PROTOCOLS Fellowship Reflection

By Naomi Rose Weintraub February 12, 2020

As a young, Jewish artist I feel like I am in a constant state of dreaming.

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Judaism’s “First Reformed” Moment Is Here

By Ariel Wexler January 9, 2019

The central question of “First Reformed,” Paul Schrader’s film about a pastor reckoning with climate change, is, “Can God forgive us for what we’ve done to this world?” It’s a good question for American Protestants, and for all of us living between skeptical optimism and righteous despair. It’s high time for Jews to have our…

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