Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
For years now the synagogue format, with all its membership dues, local events, potluck dinners, trips to Israel and the like, has attempted to attract the interests and imaginations of young Jews. The common phrase is “You are our future,” and we definitely are. Each successive generation replaces the generations that preceded it, in time….
VIDEO: Israelis think Birthright is funny [Eretz Nehederet] Israeli comedy show, “Eretz Nehederet” (“A Wonderful Country,” somewhere between “The Daily Show” and “Saturday Night Live”), took Birthright in their season premiere. The skit came complete with a perverted trip mate, an enthusiastic frat-boy a tour guide with a guilt complex… and this gem from their tour…
When Occupy sentiment first emerged on my college campus last semester, I viewed the movement as a welcome re-invigoration of American political life. Finally, I thought, people were taking action and airing their grievances instead of simply griping. The movement may have been naive, it may have been misguided, and it may have encompassed such…
While the Occupy Wall Street protests were generally directed at domestic reforms, the next generation has been repackaged and taken in an entirely new direction. Occupy AIPAC is one of a few anti-Israel movements that have stemmed from the original incarnation. However, whether or not this reflects a re-characterization of what the Occupy movement stood…
When I think of summer, I think of home. Not in the spiritual sense of Israel, or even the flesh and blood sense of Toronto. The home I think of is a summer home, and no, that is not as spoiled as it sounds. The home in my head involves 18 cabins, 4 migrashim (fields),…
You may recall our story from last week about David Deerson, the Bible-quoting Jewish college student who supports Ron Paul. (If you haven’t read it yet, you should.) Someone called Adrian Wainer read it and attempted to deposit the following comment. He begins by quoting Deerson from the article: “‘I think it [a Jewish State]…
Israel is largely a nation of immigrants. However, as many African refugees discover, some foreigners are less welcome than others.
First-time visitors to Tel Aviv are often greeted by an unexpected sight. In Levinsky Park, immediately outside the city’s Central Bus Station, dozens of young African men hang around at almost all hours. They are not simply loitering; most are refugees from war-torn North African nations with nowhere else to go. They endured terrible hardship before arriving in Israel, but found little sympathy or support when they arrived here.
Their problems are also far from over.
Everybody and their mother is trying to predict what’s going to happen in the 2012 race to the White House. At New Voices, we’re wondering what college students will vote for. Well, tonight may have given us a hint. Most college students use their Tuesday night to catch up on homework or party before class-free…
Israeli native Liran Shamriz grew up with rabid, Israel-obsessed articles an international media mainstay. Here, he turns the tables. French people are whores and Americans are all fat and stupid. If that makes you angry, then I’ve succeeded. If not, just tell me who you are and I will find the words to make you…
As JTA reported on Friday, Atlanta Jewish Times Owner/Publisher Andrew Adler had what I can only assume was a 1,000-word psychotic episode in print a couple of weeks ago. This unfortunate loss of his mental faculties caused him to propose that, among other options Israel must obviously be mulling over for the sake of its own security,…
It took New Voices Associate Editor Zach C. Cohen (also recently dubbed New Voices politics correspondent as well) some time to find a Jewish student who supports Ron Paul, but our ace reporter found one. Check out his story: David Deerson went to Jewish day school, attended and worked at a Jewish summer camp and…
I listen to NPR’s Planet Money podcast to understand basic news about the economy because it puts things simply. And because I don’t know my head from my ass when it comes to economics. But sometimes they take hard economics and deploy it as a way of looking at something in the news in a…
David Deerson went to Jewish day school, attended and worked at a Jewish summer camp and he has been to Israel multiple times. He also thinks the Jewish State might as well be in Wyoming. And he’s voting for Ron Paul in 2012.
Deerson is a regional campus coordinator for Students for Liberty, a Libertarian college activism organization, and the vice president of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College Libertarians. His love for the limited government philosophy has made him an avid Paul supporter, but Deerson is a calmer advocate for libertarian values than his bombastic political hero.
When it comes to Israel, Deerson says his views match up completely with Paul’s.
In October 2011, I did not find out that captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was going to be released by reading newspaper articles or watching television reports, but because an entire street was closed off to allow for the singing and dancing brought on by the announcement. Many Israeli teenagers are in the army, making a noticeable difference in the lives of their neighbors. While American college freshmen learn how to read and analyze articles about weapons and warfare, 18-year-old Israeli soldiers are trained in how to protect their families and friends. It is not fair for the rest of the world to judge Israel for doing what it takes to survive. How can we understand the mentality of a country that survives despite a day-to-day struggle? How many other countries have to fight for recognition from their neighbors? How many had to fend off war on three different borders mere hours being declared a country? Would any other country be raked over the coals for standing up to the threat of nuclear war?
Our own Gabe Schivone, who wrote the interview series Other Voices last semester, has moved on to his very own Huffington Post column. His first piece is up: Any free society–from Margaret Thatcher’s Apartheid-era Britain to Obama’s currently anti-immigrant America–cannot expect to adequately deal with the sort of violence that prompted the Tucson shootings while refusing to…