Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
The movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israeli activity in the West Bank and Gaza, commonly known as BDS, has been gaining steam at a few campuses across the country and has been sparking an incendiary debate nationwide. At the center of that debate are Jewish students–many of whom support the cause.
When they go abroad, students often feel lost and confused in a new country. And some find romance with a local resident overseas to ease the culture shock. But does the new relationship add familiarity to the experience, or make it even more foreign?
After New Republic Editor-in-chief Martin Peretz wrote a column suggesting that Muslims be stripped of their First Amendment rights, students from his alma mater, Brandeis, demanded that he apologize for betraying the schools values. Here’s a look behind the brouhaha.
The author was living a comfortable life in Hebrew University’s graduate school. So she decided to move to the capital of the West Bank.
In this review of “Jewish U,” a student from the University of Maryland criticizes the book for giving too specific advice to too broad a range of students and feels that the author is out of touch with today’s campus.
In this take on “Jewish U,” the reviewer–a student at the small Drew University in New Jersey–takes the author to task for focusing too much on Hillel and talking down to students.
Rabbi Scott Aaron of the Union for Reform Judaism recently released the latest version of his book, “Jewish U: A Contemporary Guide for the Jewish College Student.” We had three Jewish students from three campuses review it. Their recommendations: the book is too unimaginative, its scope is too broad and its advice is irrelevant for today’s Jewish college students.
What began as a research appointment in the Agricultural Ministry of Malawi turned into a conversation about life, family and why such different people can also be so similar
One student goes to a synagogue because the services are longer. Another has found her Judaism in communal living. A third engages religiously by participating in a non-religious neighborhood council. How students are finding Jewish experiences by leaving campus.
The author takes a remarkable journey from an Orthodox farming town to a Tel Aviv highway to a Palestinian village in the West Bank to a coffee shop in central Israel. And that was just one day.
The New Voices blog takes on the crisis off the Gazan shore.
Jews in the ROTC have to balance class, religion, and training for the likes of Iraq and Afghanistan. Here’s why they joined, and how they feel as Jews fighting in the US military.
Coming off of the Yeshiva University panel in December about being gay and Orthodox, a queer Orthodox group hosted a Shabbaton conference with the Orthodox Community at the University of Pennsylvania, discussing inclusion and challenges.
The selection of Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren as Brandeis University’s commencement speaker has ignited opposition among some students.