Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Not a day goes by that I don’t think, “Of course he married a shiksa.” This is what I think while watching television. Is that sick or what? Perhaps something has infected me. Maybe it was something I ate. But now all I can think about when I see a Jew on a screen is,…
OK, so technically, Amazon is having a Kindle sale on nearly 1000 books through July 27th, with prices ranging from $0.99 to $3.99. The selection includes such must-haves as Susanna Clarke’s wry English fantasy epic Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ($2.99), cult classic Pride, Prejudice and Zombies ($0.99), and Roger Ebert’s compilation of his most…
A lot of things suck about Jewish eating culture, like keeping kosher, keeping kosher for Passover, and the fact that the kosher Dunkin Donuts at 86th and Amsterdam in Manhattan closes at 9 p.m. But fasting is the worst. I should say now that I’m actually a pretty good faster. I drink enough before the…
“So this is where deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon exists: In a vast white space populated by magically appearing and reappearing figments of his imagination.” [+972 Magazine] PunkTorah, of all people, becomes only the second outlet (after us, of course) to do any real reporting on the demise of JDub. [PunkTorah] Herman Cain proves his…
Here’s something interesting: Among my different groups of friends (or should I call them “circles” of friends now?), it’s my Jewish friends that have taken to Google+ most readily. And it’s not just my Jewish friends, but it’s my camp friends, the most far-flung, geographically disparate circle of friends I know. This made me think…
The Reading List is back! Albeit with less regularity. And it’s the summer. So it’s Summer Reading. Israel has a hockey team? Ice hockey? And they win things? [Tablet] Once again, republicans are predicting Jews are going to leave the Democratic party in droves–for real this time! And once again, they’re dead wrong. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Once…
Earlier this week, in my video eulogy for JDub Records, I wrote about the impending loss of JDub as a loss of some measure of honestly come by culturally Jewish coolness: Perhaps the saddest thing about it is that the official Jews try so hard–and fail so spectacularly–to market Jewishness to us as the epitome…
I actually gasped out loud when I read the press release this morning: I’m writing to let you know that after almost 9 years in operation, JDUB’s Board of Directors has decided to wind down the organization. There are Jews all over the place creating brand new pieces of Jewish art and culture, but very few…
Benjamin Netanyahu was wise to immediately recognize the new Republic of South Sudan over the weekend. Some analysts saw it is as a convenient way to show Israel off as a consistent, ethical country. Recognizing a state which won its independence through negotiations is apparently the right message to send as it argues against Palestinian…
Amid all of the hullabaloo over the closing of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, and its resurrection as the Yale Program for the Study of Anti-Semitism, what’s been missing from most of the coverage are student voices. In its statement on YIISA’s closing, Yale said that it had ceased funding the…
Crossposted and part of a series (I, II, III, IV, V). I like having a friend who is as excited about Judaism as I am. But I don’t like when it’s in such different ways. For instance, she likes likes hamsas and things that are (supposedly) made with sand from Israel. And I…well, don’t. For…
Representative Howard Berman of California called his bipartisan, multi-ethnic-supported bill “very unusual” considering the alliance sponsoring, but it really is not. His allies are of Lebanese descent, and include Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Nick Rahall (D-W. Va.). The four congressman, two Democrats and two Republicans, who are also one Jew and…
I saw the following status in my Facebook news feed today, regarding the resignation of Anthony Weiner: “I hate this country. I. HATE. This. Country. Take your moralism and shove it up your ass.” I too have been vexed over the past couple of days by Weiner’s resignation, and in general by the media circus…
Since you are reading this it means that you probably fall into one of two categories: -people that like to read -or people that write, as writers often tend to be a case of overall word addiction But as you probably know, the job prospects for aspiring writers is in some nasty shape. Journalism is…
I could write a whole article just listing Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow’s achievements. Kaufman is the founder and former director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the first, largest, and possibly the most prestigious Jewish film festival in the world. She has been on the boards of the California Council for the Humanities,…