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Possibly the greatest conference giveaway $5 souvenir item I’ve ever seen: The J Street U shot glass. Unfortunately, I think it may be making the wrong point for them. If you fill these to the green line, you don’t get everything you want. So…
Herbert Grossman, retired federal judge, is stationed outside the convention center. His sign says, “J STREET: Quislings, Kapos, Appeasars, the New JUDENRAT.” I was surprised to find that there’s only the one. And that he’s a retired federal judge. I was not surprised to find that he’s a tad crotchety. Q: What are you doing…
I’m a little slow on math. Despite the fact that last night’s plenary was full of “there are 2000 people here” and “there are 500 college students here,” it didn’t dawn on me that, if these numbers are accurate, a quarter of the population of this conference is made up of college students. That’s impressive….
The conference is under way. Rachel Lerner, the head of the conference itself, says that there are more than 2000 people here. I’ll buy that. It’s packed. The corner nearest the press seating I chose is chock-full of college students. I wonder how many of them them are here. Rabbi David Saperstein, head of the…
J Street, the political arm of the pro-peace, pro-peace crowd is getting ready for its second annual conference here in DC. It’s 7:30 already and we haven’t started the opening plenary–set to being at 7–yet. And now they’re announcing that we’ll start in 5 minutes. Jews. Am I right? In other news, the DC convention center–the location…
Crossposted to Jewschool That’s right, folks. You heard it here first. (Well, actually, you heard it at JTA first.) Birthright Israel said it has received a record-breaking number of North American applicants for its free, 10-day trips to Israel. The organization, which provides all-expense-paid trips to Israel for Diaspora Jews aged 18 to 26, received…
The Jewish Exponent has a great feature from a couple weeks ago about a blind, 47-year-old black guy who has been a fixture at UPenn Hillel for twenty years. Ben just included it in The Reading List, but I wanted to put up a larger thing about it. Here’s a bit of it: At 47…
A feel-good story from our friends at Penn. [The Jewish Exponent] And if you want a (rare) feel-good story from Israel, check this out: The Chilean miners just landed there. [YNet] How can American colleges affect the Middle East situation? [Chronicle of Higher Ed.] Alliteration is alive! Mini Me visits the Western Wall! Extremely Excellent! [Heeb] Rahm…
If you’re reading this blog, I’m guessing you’re not down with Glenn Beck, but did you know that Pinkface Half-wit is a notorious anti-semite? Beck has a long history of appropiating the holocaust for political games, has called George Soros a “puppet master”, and has dressed up as a fetishized Nazi officer for his book…
As the Oscars approach, one student reflects on what might have been. [Tablet] A victory for the Israeli left: there will be no NGO monitoring panel. [JPost] A rabbinical student finds a tallit at H&M. [JW] Want to know about young Jews? Read these studies. [Judaism Without Borders] Here are some acronyms you should know if…
“The Hebrew Hammer,” “Schindler’s List,” “Fiddler on the Roof…” these are just a few of the films that bring out the Jew-ish side of cinema. Now, Gainesville, FL will be glorifying other great works. From foreign to indie, documentary to feature length film, Gainesville’s highly anticipated – first ever – Jewish Film Festival has just…
Tucked away in a comment on my blog post last week was an interesting question that got me thinking. It read: Do you feel like the Canadian Jewish community is on the whole further to the left than the American Jewish community? I have been living in Vancouver for over a year now, and honestly,…
After hours on the humming, bouncing bus, we arrived at the Bedouin camp. Surrounded by night, the only thing we could see out the windows was a sea of sand undulating alongside our coach bus. But when we finally came to a stop and stumbled down the little stairs, being awake was the easiest thing…
This spring, The Jewish Federation of the East Bay in California will be presenting the 16th annual International Jewish Film Festival. These are the five film offerings which most enticed yours truly, along with some grade-A peanut gallery commentary. March 8, 11 a.m. @ Contra Costa JCC “Jubanos” I once attempted to explain the diversity…
Kudos to Jewlicious on this amazing post: an unofficial guide to whom you can and cannot have sex with on Birthright. “Bus Driver: No. Are you insane???” [Jewlicious] Israel has appointed an openly gay judge. [YNet] Students at Columbia are calling on their president, Lee Bollinger, to resign from the board of Kaplan University because…