Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Missed out on the 38th Annual National Jewish Student Journalism Conference? That sucks. We had a nice time. You should have been there. Fortunately, we recorded some of the best parts. We’ll be posting podcasts from the conference over the next few days. For now, you can download a conversationbetween Jewish social media guru Dan…
Those of you who get New Voices in the mail know the Kulturkampf, a colorful matrix that we use to say mean things about bad Jewish pop culture. The spring Kulturkampf just went online here. The December edition is here. The February edition is only available in print. If you’re upset you missed it, click…
Despite a brief dalliance with Voyager, I’ve never been a Star Trek guy. Forgive me, then, if I’m restating the obvious. Also, spoiler alert, or whatever. I gather that there’s long been a vague association between the Vulcans and the Jews, based mostly on the Cohenic origins of the split-fingered Vulcan greeting. Watching this latest…
I’ve got a review of Benny Morris’ new book, “One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict,” up now at History News Network, George Mason University’s online magazine. An excerpt: After a disheartening few months, prospects for peace in Israel/Palestine seem brighter than they have in years. In Washington, the Obama administration is putting heavy…
The leitmotif of last week’s National Jewish Journalism Conference was the question of the future of journalism: the challenge of finding new financially viable models for news outlets, and the shift from print to web. Turns out we aren’t the only ones thinking about these things. Two recent radio shows highlight just these questions. First,…
In honor of Israeli Independence Day, a bit of satire from the Holy Land. Imagine what CAMERA would say if an American TV show produced this…
How Jews Eat from MyJewishLearning.com on Vimeo. The folks at MyJewishLearning.com are going multimedia on us! They recently published a video titled “How Jews Eat”, the second in an ongoing series that began with “How Jews Look”. As one commentor noted on Jewish food blog Jcarrot.org, the characters in this video bear an uncanny resemblance…
Holy shit was it nice today. Tomorrow, when you get up, listen to me live on Beyond the Pale, the weekly Jewish politics and culture show on New York’s WBAI. We’ll be live from noon until 1 pm ET. You can listen at 99.5 FM in New York or online by clicking here. Marilyn Neimark…
The New York Law Journal reported on Tuesday that Casbar, a swinger’s club in Brooklyn, was closed by a city judge after investigators testified that they had observed “150-plus acts of fellatio and intercourse” on an undercover visit to the venue. I guess that’s what happens when your swinger’s club is profiled in the Times….
Depending on whether you love Heeb, or hate Heeb (and people generally feel only one way or the other), you might have attended last night’s Brooklyn launch party for Heeb’s Music Issue and have already devoured its glossy pages of irreverence and pics of cute hipsters. You might have found that the issue is kind…
Ah Birthright, you’ve done it again. Your clever web banner intrigued me, tempting me to point and click. I even watched the videos I found when I arrived at your Monologues site. I even thought that the performers seemed talented (and not just in that, “they’re pretty talented for a bunch of amateur Jews”, kinda…
Want to hear more on Hilltop rockers Aharit Hayamim, the Israeli jam band whose North American tour is the subject of “Settler Rock Comes to the States”? Click here for an audio version of the story, featuring a backstage interview with Aharit Hayamim and reactions from Dan Sieradski, among others. The piece, which I wrote…
We’re still working out the kinks of the new site. We’ll be on a regular posting schedule next week. Check back then for a new issue of the magazine, plus an active blog. In the meantime, look around and let us know what you think of the new (virtual) digs.
38 Years and Still Kickin’
Yesterday, students representing more than 15 campuses and eight Jewish campus publications gathered at the Kraft Center for Jewish Life to participate in the National Jewish Student Journalism Conference, now in its 38th year. According to the feedback we’ve gotten so far, the event was a smashing success, and we’ll have photos and audio from…