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Walking home from slichot and on our way to a bar last night, my friends and I passed several groups of newly arrived Columbia University freshmen, doubtless on their way to–or back from–their own drinking escapades. I graduated high school six years ago, when these current freshmen were finishing sixth grade, but I remember the […]
How do cultural elitism and racial elitism relate? The above comic, surprisingly enough, is not a Heeb original, but they roll with it anyway, giving some more examples of the intersection between fashion and fascism. [Heeb] But who knows what will happen to all the Jewish hipsters, not to mention Woody Allen and Michael Bloomberg, […]
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s “Future Tense: Jews, Judaism and Israel in the Twenty-First Century” tells Jews to go universalist, then falls short when it comes to Israel.
As both peace talks and college begin, liberal Jewish students have a lot to be excited for. And they should never stop working ofr what they believe in, even if they feel at times like they’re in the minority in the Jewish community, says a former Columbia Hillel staff member. [Jewschool] Meanwhile, one day has […]
I woke up this morning to the news that four people had been gunned down and found dead in their car. The details explain that this was a terrorist attack, carried out by Hamas, against four Jewish settlers in the West Bank. After years of relative calm, this disguising murder was perpetrated. As Israelis across […]
Several LA synagogues are trying to attract young professionals to their Rosh Hashanah services with a variety of bizarre offerings, including game shows and appletinis. Good luck with that, guys. [Jewish Journal] The U.S. would like Bibi and Abbas to meet every two weeks during peace talks. Sounds good, I guess. [JTA] The LA Jewish […]
by Moriel Rothman We are a people of conscience, a people of justice. We are a people who knows what it means to be hated and what it means to suffer. This is what I have been raised to believe. This is why I have faith that when this story reaches us, all of us, […]
The author was living a comfortable life in Hebrew University’s graduate school. So she decided to move to the capital of the West Bank.
Vox Tablet checks in with some Jewish football players as America gears up for a season of America’s real pastime. [Tablet] More sports! The Jewish Journal’s sports blog lists the top ten most Jewish sports franchises. What constitutes as a Jewish franchise? Really anything from a Jewish owner, history, players, announcers, food, or anything else that the […]