Published since 1991, New Voices is the official magazine of the Jewish Student Press Service (JSPS) — the only independent Jewish and justice-focused magazine by and for Jews ages 18–24.
Founded in 1971 as a nonprofit wire service for Jewish campus publications, JSPS has long been a launchpad for emerging journalists. Many of today’s most accomplished Jewish journalists got their start at the Jewish Student Press Service. Current and past editors of the New York Jewish Week, Forward, Dissent, Jewish Telegraph Agency, Lilith, and Sh’ma are all past contributors to the Jewish Student Press Service. Our alumni have also gone on to staff positions at the New Yorker, L.A. Times, and Columbia and CUNY Journalism Schools.
Today, through New Voices Magazine, JSPS continues its educational mission: a tradition of cultivating the next generation of Jewish journalists, creating media that speaks to young Jews, and empowering Jewish students to hold accountable the institutions that raised them. The magazine is produced by one recently-graduated Editor in Chief and a network of student writers and editors from campuses across the country on a shoestring annual budget. The Press Service is an educational organization, giving hands-on experience in the world of Jewish publication to all its writers and editors.
The Press Service and its many student editors and writers are supported by our Board of Directors, composed largely of previous JSPS editors and writers who remain passionate about the future of Jewish journalism and independent media.
JSPS Historical Papers & Archival Documents
Though JSPS's publishing work today continues through New Voices Magazine (est. 1991), the articles published by the Press Service are a significant historical treasure trove, documenting the opinions, attitudes, political consciousness, and major questions on the minds of Jewish students from the 1970s-1990s. While many of the physical JSPS archives are housed at the Center for Jewish History, many documents remain in the hands of JSPS and New Voices Editors.
