A Dog’s View of Hanukkah
These are miracles not because they shake the earth or defy the laws of nature, but rather because I was crazy and tender and hopeful enough to ask for them.
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Daniel Holtzman
On Shutting Down ICE as a Trans Jew
For me, being out as a trans person and standing in solidarity with others are not choices. They are ways of living that allow me to access the fullness of my own humanity and history, and that of others.
“Off the Beaten Path,” Part II: At the University of Texas, Ex-Hillel Rabbi Brings Students Where Birthright Won’t Take Them
Last summer, a group of students from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin met up with Ben Packer, a fringe, far-right nationalist, in Jerusalem. Their trip leader, then-Hillel Rabbi Moshe Trepp, says the meeting was unplanned, a happy accident. He asked Packer to show them around. “The great guy that he is, and so…
“Off the Beaten Path,” Part I: A Campus Rabbi Introduces Students to a Right-Wing Extremist
Walking through Jerusalem’s Old City, the tour guide brandished his gun in front of a group of students from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. “I’ll shoot,” he said. “I’ll shoot an Arab if I have to. I’m not scared.” Ben Friedman, a business honors major at UT, remembers this moment well. He was…
Our Nice Jewish Editor Will Focus on Abuses of Power
Content warning: This article mentions sexual violence. The evening I interviewed to be the editor in chief of New Voices, I was nervous. I checked my hair in the webcam, set a water glass nearby, and waited for my internet to connect. When it did, several faces appeared. We all introduced ourselves, smiling, and as…