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I recently came across an absurd music video produced by the Office of the President of Israel. The video, released last May, features poppy synth dance loops with President Shimon Peres repeating the refrain “Be my friend for peace – I want to hear your voice.” The (music) video is truly bizarre; I couldn’t believe…
“Beep… beep… beep… beep.” It is 9.00 am on a Sunday morning, and apparently my week is about to start the same way that any other week starts – with a mad dash to get out the door and to campus on time for my first class of the week at IDC Herzliya. Forty minutes…
In college, or at least my college, we learn about gender and sexuality. A lot. We learn of its performative nature, its implications in the underlying structures that we live in, and its complex ties to governance, capitalism, and production. We learn how it is oppressive and offensive and limiting. We learn how the role…
My older brother got to read Portnoy’s Complaint his Senior year of high school, and it was a big deal. I imagine that it was only allowed on the curriculum because his English teacher was one of those slick haired PHD types who didn’t really give a fuck– he just wanted to teach. It was…
The elections are over (nice try Florida) and New York is inundated with snow and floodwater. There’s no better a moment to shift your focus to the international Jewish student scene. Hungarian writer Gavriel Shalom takes us from Budapest to Gaza, with a final stop in Syria. Enjoy an excerpt below and read the full article…
Jerusalem, ISRAEL — Coming to Israel as a student or volunteer, you can easily determine how independent, or how insulated, you want to be. With all the package-deal options available through organizations like MASA Israel Journey, you might never have to face the “housing question,” but MASA and others also offer you a chance to …
As a previous summer resident of Trendyville, Brooklyn, the running joke throughout my stay revolved around the aesthetically similar but culturally dichotomous comparisons of the facial hair of secular and religious men. A clearer way to say this? The proliferation of Hasid vs. Hipster hirsute jokes. And let me tell you, they were (and are)…
There’s something nice about losing power. I don’t just mean that I “have” to eat ice cream now simply to rid my warming freezer of its burden—though that is nice—but there’s also the communal feeling of it all. The feeling that we’re all in this together. Maybe it’s the fact that there’s no Facebook or…
The target audience of YUConnects, Yeshiva University’s matchmaking website, is those young marriage-hungry singles who, due to religious reasons, wouldn’t be able to meet on their own accord. Let me explain. A few younguns gather around a Shabbas table, three guys and three girls. What transpires? Total gender segregation. You see, as Orthodox Jews, socializing…
There are few things that I love more than Obama’s Horses and Bayonets line in last night’s debate. One of those things are the cheese quesadillas that my roommate makes almost nightly as a College-Is-Fucking-Stressful snack. The other is Bulletproof Stockings. No no, I’m not referring to a new military-chic phenomena of stockings that can shield…
Jerusalem, ISRAEL — The High Holy Days have now come and gone, and the Torah cycle has begun afresh. Rolling open our Torahs to Genesis has brought the religious Jewish world into a reflection of all things new: A new year, a new school season, a new expression of our best intentions. Those of us…
When I heard that the rabbi of a Chabad house on a university campus was in trouble for providing alcohol to students, I assumed that I didn’t need to hear any further details to understand what the story was. That led me to write this post. I approached the subject with prejudice and without a…
What’s new with the globe? You could have watched the foreign policy debate last night. But, if you actually want to learn anything, you might instead read this week’s Global Jewish Voice highlight. As Israel’s climate teeters on the edge of war, Author Liran Shamriz sounds off on the moral conflicts plaguing the Israeli region….
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy In a city where lingerie-clad women pout down at us from every other billboard, one more mostly-naked lady shouldn’t make such a difference. But New Yorker Stella Boonshoft has, whether she meant to or not. Stella, as she’s now known to millions, is…
In a recent blog post, New Voices gave you exciting information: Kosher tailgating recipes are finally available to the kosher-tailgating-snack-less. But today, we have kosher sports news that will wipe those recipes off the map: For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will have glatt kosher hot dogs available to the kosher consumer. Kosher…