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Airports make me cry now. As soon as I step foot in Ben Gurion to leave, something in me gives, and the floodgates are opened to so many of the thoughts and feelings I instinctively tamp down on in my day-to-day life. I have traveled quite a bit this past year. To visit colleges in […]
“Yiddishland is everywhere.” This is what Chaia, (she/her), creator of kleztronica – a fusion of klezmer and techno, told me a few weeks after I attended the Yiddish NY Festival Afterparty, the event – described as “where archival Yiddish and klezmer samples combine with racing electronic grooves, drag, disco, and so much more!” – […]
On January 29th, Meta platforms agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit over “indefinitely” banning him from Facebook and Instagram following the January 6 Capitol Attack in 2021. At the time, Mark Zuckerberg claimed that “the risk” of keeping Trump’s accounts active as he spread misinformation in regards to the […]
A few years ago, author Shalom Auslander took a weight loss drug so poisonous that later, when he was hospitalized, doctors suspected he had tried to kill himself. Auslander claimed that he hadn’t, but the question remained, what made him hate himself enough to take such a dangerous substance? The answer is the title of […]
In the Spring of 2024, as a member of my college’s Jewish community, I was invited to two havdole events at the Popular University, which was the pro-Palestinian encampment at my college. The series of havdole events were organized by Jewish members and leadership of the college’s Students for Justice in Palestine to signal to […]
“Remember when we accidentally got proselytized to at a Trans-Siberian Orchestra show? We thought it was gonna be a normal concert and then they started leading us in prayer,” Mom says as she exits our car. I have no memory of such an event, but I fully believe my family fell for a gentile ploy […]
The Nights Before Christmas It was two hours before the Off-Broadway opening of The Gospel According to Chaim, and there was shiml on the bread: that’s Yiddish for mold. Melissa Weisz, one of three actors in the performance, needed the two slices of rye as part of a prop sandwich for a scene during the […]
This piece is featured in our New Beginnings series, exploring the emergent ideas, emotions, and social upheavals of a new era of progressive Jewish culture. We are writing for a brighter future, while honoring our past. More to come. Going to graduate school was supposed to be exciting and liberating, but the Indiana-bound-New York train […]
The names of certain individuals have been changed or altered to protect the identities of student New Voices stands with campus organizers and honors their right to privacy. I furiously paced back from the second vigil in two weeks as the only person to attend both. I wanted to scream at the utter futility […]
This piece is featured in our New Beginnings series, exploring the emergent ideas, emotions, and social upheavals of a new era of progressive Jewish culture. We are writing for a brighter future, while honoring our past. More to come. The Burial Of The Dead How in times of scrutiny and creed We continue to solemnly […]