Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
It’s been just hours since Donald Trump was re-elected President of the United States, and for many Jews across America—particularly Jewish progressives and Jewish student activists—the prevailing mood is one of dread. Trump’s victory is both a political shift and a profound moment of reckoning for Jewish institutions, which now face a choice between principled…
When I first told my friends that I had committed to Brandeis University for college and that I was planning on joining Hillel, the first response was that I would be kicked out without preamble. It has been one full year, and I am still here, leading Kabalat Shabbat using the very same melodies I…
As the Fall semester sets in across the country and 8 PM sunsets begin to fade away, there is something on the mind of many college students – what clubs do I join? From the many pre-professional business frats to the local community advocacy groups, there are an overabundance of options for students wanting to…
Student journalists have worked tirelessly to report on campus protests and related events. As the school year comes to a close, we’ve combed through student papers to bring you 10 articles that tell stories from the ground – through student testimonies, digital archives, live reports, and photography.
Documenting this critical moment in history, students took snapshots of their experiences. We’re sharing them with you here.
Document history through your lens. Submit your snapshots of campus.
Whether you’re pulling together a makeshift campus seder, going home to your family, or struggling to figure out what to do for Pesach, there’s something here for you.
“It was on the plane to Warsaw that Irena Klepfisz’s writing began to feel less like poetry and more like prophecy.”
“More than one group has a pencil for the Book of Life.”
“I watched as the sheep lined up to buy their Famous Amos cookies and Herr’s sour cream and onion chips. While they forked up dollar after crumpled dollar, my grandfather’s wet lips whispered in my ear: sell.”
The ultranationalist rabbi whose successors are now at the helm of Israel’s government had an intimate history with Maryland’s Jewish community — one which has been long-since forgotten.
The weeklong trip to Camp Kinder Ring has been around, formally, for 14 years. But, for the first time, yunge mentshn (“young people”) would fill the bunks, and meet the generations that came before.
“As the war continues, students search for an outlet for their grief, and ways to do something that feels meaningful. But constraints like social anxiety, institutional pressure, and blacklisting have made activism difficult.”
“I am choosing to allow for my discomfort because dialogue is important to me, and I believe that peace will always begin with a commitment towards understanding.”
Sharing the voices of Jewish organizers behind the November sit-in.