Orthodox Social Justice?
Uri L’Tzedek, a student driven Orthodox social justice group, wants to wed halakha and ethics. Its latest project, Tav HaYosher, aims to certify kosher eating establishments for fair labor practices.
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Ben Sales
Scammed by a Jew during the Three Weeks
An Israeli stole $300 from me yesterday. Said Israeli, whose name–I have since learned–is not Avi Levi, played me for the cash under the pretense of needing medicine money for his sick 10-year old daughter, who had flo4from Israel to Maryland for kidney surgery the day before. He needed the medicine before flying back, he…
Z Street: this is for real
And you thought Commentary Magazine would be J Street’s biggest critic. Think again. A group of pro-Greater Israel nationalists has taken it upon themselves to create Z Street, a right-wing organization formed to combat the “great danger to the Jewish State of Israel and, increasingly, to world Jewry,” according to the group’s charter. Z Street…
Our Jewish Cadillac
On a Hillel-sponsored trip to Israel three and a half years ago I sat in a crowd of 45 students listening to Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, speak about the challenges facing the PR operation of the Jewish State. After detailing strategy, obstacles and key issues Regev dismissed concerns, saying, “A Cadillac sells itself:…
The Yankees’ Day of Rest
This year, for better or worse, marks the 10th anniversary of the publishing of Kosher Sex, a book by self-billed “America’s Rabbi” Shmuley Boteach, who also happens to be Michael Jackson’s ex-spiritual advisor. Be that as it may, the book became a bestseller and its title represents at least half of the fantasy of the…
What We Choose to Do
 My friend Ari Roskies made the case on this blog two days ago that President Obama should have criticized oppresive Islamist regimes for requiring women to wear hijabs, or traditional head-coverings, in addition to defending what should be the right of women to do so in western countries. Ari added that by not opposing the hijab’s enforcement, Obama…
Settle This
Here we go again. In what the New York Times calls a historic shift, President Obama has called for the limiting of settlements in the West Bank. And so no one was surprised to hear loads of  criticism from the right, this one courtesy of the ever-ideological Caroline Glick. The truth is that this debate over…
A New Blog for New Voices
Welcome to the future. We may not have flying cars or a baller Starship Enterprise to battle aliens but as of today, the New Voices blog will be taking its content to the next level. Now, when you visit our site, you’ll find new blog posts every day by a group of writers from around the…
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The Death of the Jewish Cultural Vanguard
I was about to write a blog post about a giant Israeli cucumber, but then I decided to check my email. And what happens? First I see a JTA piece by Ben Harris about Jewish Hipsters, then I read a Tablet article by Wesley Yang about how Jews invented Rock n’ Roll. Yang’s argument channels…