Tomorrow evening, thousands (tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands?) of Jewish college students across the United States will “go to” their Hillel center or a Chabad house or another Jewish communal setting, say Erev Shabbat prayers, sing blessings and songs, and eat Shabbat dinner with their fellow Jewish students. And I’ll be one of them. […]

On a chilly autumn Wednesday in Connecticut, I stood before the six students of my Kita Hey (fifth grade) Religious School class and tried to review with them the written words of the Amidah, a core section of the daily Jewish service. “I like your hair, Morah Miriam,” one girl called out. ‘I like your […]

Yesterday I had an interview to be considered to attend Birthright Israel. The idea of traveling to Israel has been in my mind since I can remember so I was overly excited for this. Out of the nearly twenty trip organizers, I chose to apply to the Yael Adventures program. Besides the great feedback I […]

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I recently got one in a series of forwarded e-mails from my dad, who enjoys passing on Jewish jokes and trivia to his friends and family. This one was particularly interesting. Entitled, “Jewish Trivia Worth Sharing!,” the e-mail went on to uncover a number of people who allegedly have a Jewish heritage, including Winston Churchill, […]

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.        I often feel that as young people we are blessed to be of this generation. At least […]