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Rob, Hannah and I took turns posing in front of the “Welcome to Egypt” sign as we crossed the border. We were on break for Sukkot and thought the best way to celebrate the exodus from Egypt was to visit Egypt. At the last of four checkpoints, the three of us conferred and decided not […]
Rich Jews and Me: A short fiction piece about a day in Jewish Pleasantville.
Orthodox Jewish law prohibits members of the opposite sex from touching each other in any way. On college campuses filled with romance and sex, what’s an observant Jew to do? Inside the conflicted world of Orthodox Jewish college dating.
Before coming to Israel, everyone I spoke to raved about Tel Aviv. Oh, you’ll love it there, It’s such a hip city, and so on and so forth. All this was music to my ears, except when I remembered that I’d actually be living about 100 kilometers east in the very austere and very un-hip […]
Pondering life, death and God in “A Serious Man”
The non-stop supply of Falafel, Israeli Salad (Tomato and Cucumber), Cabbage Salad (affectionately dubbed: the purple stuff), Hummus, Tuna Salad, Tehina, Tabouli, Salad, Salad, Salad is making me go crazy!! I needed a taste of home. Something hearty, italian, tomatoey and cheesy. I decided to make eggplant parmesan, but give it a little bit of […]
The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism, and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. I must admit, I am guilty of […]
Read the following sentence, from the cover story of this month’s Utne Reader: On the trail of decoding attention, Mike Posner–unarguably the greatest attention scientist of our time–is invariably two steps ahead. Now, try this sentence: On the trail of decoding attention, Mike Posner–the greatest attention scientist of our time–is two steps ahead. It’s the […]
The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. My friend Marcus wears a whistle. Not […]