Defying Orthodoxies on Israel/Palestine: A YU Student’s Journey
“Quickly, I learned that it was not only possible – but necessary – to hold multiple truths and consider the traumas of multiple peoples.”
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
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A “Die-In” at Bard College
“As the war continues, students search for an outlet for their grief, and ways to do something that feels meaningful. But constraints like social anxiety, institutional pressure, and blacklisting have made activism difficult.”
Opinion: Demonizing Each Other Hurts Us All
“I am choosing to allow for my discomfort because dialogue is important to me, and I believe that peace will always begin with a commitment towards understanding.”
Past Informs Present as Brown University Arrests 20 Students
Sharing the voices of Jewish organizers behind the November sit-in.
Poem in which I am not the sister that kills herself
When she calls us to tell us she’s in the hospital / She being my sister / Or She being my homeland / We drive to the hospital / It’s Shabbat / We drive to the hospital
From Campus to Kibbutz: Vivian Silver’s legacy as a Jewish student leader
A lifelong peace activist, Vivian began her activism as a founding leader of the Jewish Student Press Service – the organization now known as New Voices Magazine.
Jew or Journalist? A Student Photographer Reflects on Documenting Impacts of War
“My professors teach that we can either pick up a sign and flag and join the protest, or we can pick up a camera and pen to cover the event as a journalist, but never both.”
Students share how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting life on campus
“To ignore my emotions would be to ignore the empathy I have for Israelis and Palestinians who are being driven from their homes and who are being killed as collateral damage.”
The Wisdom of Tohu V’vohu
“Formless and void, tohu v’vohu is the swirling celestial wilderness, before divinity started forming creation. It feels cosmically significant that we have been brought here, now.”
A Golem’s Thoughts on War
“When a rabbi takes it upon themselves to forge a Golem, there is an emergency. The being represents an attempt to rebuild, to protect, and most literally, to physicalize the truth.”
The Fiddler And The Self-Hating Jew
“Right at the moment when I felt the least aligned with Judaism, I was cast in the most Jewish musical in existence.”
Envisioning Jewish Safety Beyond the Nation State
On escaping antisemitic violence through community building, not nation building.
Dispatch from a Teacher in Nazareth
An American Jewish English teacher reflects on the moments before a ceasefire in the eerie quiet of a kibbutz.
Are Justice and Social Media At Odds in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
We use social media to put aspects of this manifold conflict on trial, yet these sites are not structured to administer justice.
A Protest Before Sheikh Jarrah
An account of a day-to-day demonstration in Israel and Palestine, moments before current tensions exploded