Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Today marks the busiest travel day of the year in our fair United States. Airlines expect 24 million people to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday period, according to AAA as reported by the Connecticut Post. Young adults make up 30.5 percent of holiday travelers, many of them students eagerly voyaging home for the first time…
It’s not what you think. Donyel Meese talks about her struggle to become the only female mashgicha, or kosher kitchen supervisor, on campus. [Leftover Cholent] Israeli students aren’t the only ones protesting. For the Brits, tuition is too much. [HuffPo] And some students finally get the opportunity to go to school. The Jewish Community Foundation…
Ashrei. That was the start to the service I led at my temple two weeks ago. Standing at 5’3, squeaky voice me, I stepped up to the bima at my local Conservative synagogue. A mere 40 minutes later, the service concluded with “yasher koach” being whispered left and right. But after stepping away from the…
Moriel Rothman, student president of J Street U, brings it in an op-ed about the group’s pro-two states demonstration. [HuffPo] The Shibboleth Magazine blog uncovers the intriguing and disturbing Men’s Rights movement. [Shibboleth] An Israeli student talks about what it’s like to have to sit in the back of the bus. [Rucheli’s Ramblings] Flying home…
The end of fall term is upon us at Knox College. Classes are over and finals are coming to a close. A muggy combination of relief and stress fills the air. The hours pass like odd day dreams, as certain members of my reality disappear back to this place called “home.” As I walk down…
Sure, it’s practically Tuesday, nearly two in the morning at this point, but I want to return to this weekend, to Friday night in particular. I’ve written about this issue before, but too long ago to hyperlink it (sorry). Anyway, my thoughts have started shifting. I’m thinking about how college students approach Shabbat for a…
George Galloway spoke in Vancouver tonight, and as usual, he brought a whole bunch of controversy with him. The Vancouver event was organized by the StopWar coalition, a group that originally formed to oppose the U.S.-led Iraq invasion. Under this guise, they attracted the support of a number of prominent people in the Vancouver area….
While most college campuses are slowing gears in anticipation of Thanksgiving break (the first opportunity to go home since the summer for most students — though not usually Jewish ones), Columbia has been abuzz with different news. Always a hotbed for Middle East discussion and controversy, this university doesn’t seem to be taking any breaks:…
A group of Columbia/Barnard alumni have sent a petition to the schools’ Hillel, advocating open discourse and protesting the Hillel’s decision to pressure the schools’ J Street U affiliate to drop its sponsorship of Gaza UNRWA Director John Ging. [Jewschool] Yes, there is a Guinness World Record for number of dreidels spun simultaneously, and YU students are…
The hot video of the day, “Angry Birds Peace Treaty,” hilariously illustrates how futile peace discussions can prove to be. The birds and the pigs are trying to broker a peace agreement, after what seems like much “hardship” and failed attempts in the past. The video, posted on Israel’s long-standing comedy/satire show ‘Eretz Nehederet‘ (…
Those of you who spent your Saturday night glued to the boob-tube may have seen a mysterious talis on the tele-waves. No, you weren’t drunk. Anne Hathway hosted Saturday Night Live this week, and one of the skits boasted a talis as a wall hanging. In case you don’t want to sit through an otherwise…
Crossposted to The Reform Schuckle I’ve been bemoaning my singleness a lot lately. People keep telling me to try online stuff, but it seems odd to do online dating while in college. Now, however, I’m taking the plunge. I went on JDate a few minutes ago to see what’s what. I clicked on “BROWSE FOR…
In a blog I wrote a while back, I recalled the famed career of Thoroughbred horse racing trainer Bobby Frankel. Recently, I came across a report, written last year, about a jockey, David Cohen, who is one of the few Jewish riders in the horse racing game. Why are there so few Jews as riders…
I was recently forwarded a Youtube video that was made from the program that lets you create cartoons by simply typing dialogue. It is very entertaining and worth a watch, but for those who don’t have time, or have difficulty bending their ears around the computerized reproduction of ashkenazic pronunciations of Jewish legal and exegetical…
• Yale Hillel is eagerly awaiting mass exodus to Harvard this weekend for THE GAME. In other news, the Slifka Center for Jewish Life has instituted a new “Slifka Fellows” program, in which some of Yale’s most popular professors will eat regularly with students in the kosher kitchen. (Yale) • Critically acclaimed author Mark Steyn…