Jewish Media Is Failing Sephardic & Mizrahi Communities. Fixing It Starts Here.
Writers say representation won’t be enough to fix outlets’ coverage of non-Ashkenazi Jewish life.
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The Tzimtzum of a Jewish Journal
Acts of solitary creation through Jewish journaling practices have grown among young Jews, isolated in the pandemic.
Eight Nights of Jewish Zines: The Torah of Zines
“Zines are a lot like Torah: passed down from generation to generation, with each text inspiring more texts, more commentaries, more sparks, more light. Jewish Zines are like Torah in another way: only you can reveal what comes next.”
Reflections on National Novel Writing Month
There’s a good reason Jews are referred to as the “people of the word.” Our focus on texts is a long-standing tradition that encourages respect, even reverence, for the written word. Words are meaningful, powerful. They can create entire worlds. I highly appreciated this concept even as a child when I used to create fictional…
The Tattooed Horror
You want to know the truth, eh? The truth behind my tattoo? No, no, no, not the one on my forearm. I know the one you’re talking about. The truth — or the full tale, I should say — is far more fearsome than the one I tell to the droves of students at Miskatonic…
How to keep a survivor’s story alive after he’s gone
Imagine that you’re 14 years old. It’s December 1936. Today, and for a while now, you’re focusing on the fact that you are leaving home. Possibly forever. Your parents bring you to the local train station with your medium-sized black suitcase, and the three of you await the arrival of the next locomotive. All you…
Samson’s Delight
This short story contains racial and ethnic slurs. “When’s that kike getting here?” “I wish you wouldn’t use such language, Henry.” “Why not? You’ve read the Protocols, same as me. They can’t be trusted, Gerry.” Gerald Thompson fiddled with his pocket watch that was always a minute behind. He glanced at his business partner,…
A Magazine for All ’70 Faces’ of Our Community
It started over a cup of coffee. I had just gone to Israel and was eager to continue learning about that illusive country I had just been exposed to. Courtney Strauss had just started her new job as Director of Engagement of the Hillel Jewish University Center at the University of Pittsburgh and was eager…
Eat the Food Without Drinking the Kool-Aid: How to Get the Most out of Orthodox Outreach Programs
When I first started to attend a local Orthodox shul, I approached with what could be considered a strong level of trepidation. I grew up mainly Conservative, and considered myself as falling somewhere between the lines of Conservative and Reform. When I thought of Orthodoxy, I thought of my Pop’s narrow-minded uncle who never struck…
The Reading List: Columbia J-Street U group did withdraw sponsorship of Ging event
According to a Forward article, J Street U affiliate Just Peace did withdraw its sponsorship of UNRWA Gaza Director John Ging’s speech at Columbia. [Forward] Call me cheesy, but I think this is what we need in order to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [Indexed] Volunteering, conviction and partying: 600 students at the GA. [JTA Telegraph]…
Creativity: Check!
Imagine Narnia’s Aslan as the Lion of Judah. Or a wardrobe as the Tabernacle. Unlikely, says Michael Weingrad in a recent book review. “To no other field of modern literature have Jews contributed so little,” he writes. The idea that Jews can’t transport ourselves into another dimension? Ridiculous. I’ll readily admit I’m a fantasy enthusiast….