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.
Article Archive
Diet Culture Has Permeated the Holiest Spaces of Judaism
Is it possible to disentangle fasting from the connotations of weight loss and dieting, and maintain its religious value?
Saying Hamotzi Over Challah and Gumbo
The mission to turn my family’s Cajun recipes Kosher went much deeper than just the food.
The Science of Religion: Observations from a Jewish Astrophysicist
“It is true that we are formed from the ‘dust of the Earth’ – we are descendants of space stuff, whether your origin story starts with an apple or a bang.”
I Have Imposter Syndrome and I’m Owning it: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“This was the moment I realized that I, like everyone else in the world, was not exempt from imposter syndrome.”
Mishpacha: Given and Found
“Zadie’s fork clatters on the table, startling me. So, he says, taking a breath to steady himself, I have been told that you are gay.”
Jewish Food Rituals in the Age of Diet Culture
“I relapsed almost every Passover.” For some, the holiday of liberation can feel like Mitzrayim. Experts weigh in on how to find freedom.
A Return to Expression: On Speaking, Misspeaking, and Finding My Voice
Caught between the pressure to speak up and the fear of faltering, a Jewish disabled writer journeys through the past to discover a way to write again — this time, on her terms.
Antisemitic Tropes Haunt ‘Wendell & Wild’
Despite a thoughtfully diverse cast, the movie falls short when it comes to its only Jewish character.
Tov Li B’Mahaneh Ramah: Remembering A Culture Of Sexual Harassment At Camp
“In our minds, the fun and harmless rule-breaking was no different than treating one another’s bodies as fodder for our entertainment. Sexual violence was celebrated, encouraged, uplifted, and glorified, even as it was, technically, against the rules.”
Jewish Pentimenti & Looking Backwards For A Media Future: Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“What would these Jewish futures look like? What would our canon become, and what would new Jewish media look like? Maybe most importantly, what choices can we make to bring these Judaisms into the present?”
We Are What We Will Be: Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“What could any of us have done to deserve conquest, genocide or war? How could you possibly try to draw lines on land? Why can’t we be everything that we are?” Mirushe Zylali reflects on a year with New Voices and the Jewish Women’s Archive.
A Year of Expansion: Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“As a writer who has spent a good portion of the last few years studying and organizing around and even just thinking about sexual violence and its prevention, being reminded that I reside within a body feels uncomfortable, almost wrong.” Lila Goldstein reflects on a year with New Voices and Lilith Magazine.
Dispatches from the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice
Hundreds of Jews gathered in Washington DC for the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice. In their own words, here’s why they came.
“Link” by The Melbourne Jewish Labor Bund: Zine Review
Zine review columnist Miranda Sullivan reviews the third edition of “Link”, Melbourne’s Jewish Labor Bund Zine, which carries on an over-a-century-long tradition of Jewish socialist publishing.