2012’s Jewish Headlines and Their Ramifications for Jews on Campus

By Lex Rofes December 31, 2012

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. School is off, joy is in the air, and the NFL playoffs are about to start. Christmas and Chanukah? Well…they’re done, and with them the holiday season is now reduced to the solar New Year. But we all know what that means. It’s the time of year…

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Jewish Student Interrupts AIPAC Session [AIPAC 2012]

By Zach C. Cohen March 7, 2012

Yeah, remember when I said Occupy AIPAC was going to be across the street from AIPAC Policy Conference? Well…they crossed the street. Liza Behrendt, a recent graduate of Brandeis University and a current member of the Avodah service corps in New York, interrupted a session with the help of CODEPINK organizer Alli McCracken, shouting that she…

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Hillel president on his salary and number of Facebook friends

By Zach C. Cohen January 1, 2012

While reporting on the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial near Washington, D.C. a while back, I had the opportunity to sit down with Wayne Firestone, the president of the Hillel Foundation. After giving a speech to a crowded ballroom filled with 5,000+ people (embedded above), Firestone and I chatted about the future of Hillel and…

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The JVP Conversation Continues…

By Ben Sales December 28, 2010

Does Jewish Voice for Peace deserve to be included at Hillel? Lots of people in the Jewish community have been asking this question, and New Voices has been driving the conversation on this issue during the past couple of weeks. In case you’re not on our email list, Facebook page or Twitter feed, here —…

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