A Hillel by Any Other Name
Israel Correspondence
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Preconceptions Confront Reality on the Iberian Peninsula
Imagine: you’re a twenty-two year old Israeli, finished with your active duty as a commander in the Army. You decide to spend the summer working at a Jewish sleep away camp in the United States. Upon arriving, you discover that the kid you’re supposed to report to has spent the last four years at some…
Recently, I attended Shabbat services at my Conservative synagogue in Norfolk, Virginia. During the service, a young girl in our congregation sang a beautiful rendition of “Sim Shalom,” the prayer for peace, to the accompaniment of a piano-playing rabbi. Many of our members had never heard the tune and were quite moved by her performance….
While many students use spring break as a time to explore the beaches of Florida or work up a nice tan on the coast of Mexico, I and eight fellow students from the University of Minnesota took a different approach this year. Instead of packing swimsuits and suntan lotion, we renewed our passports and hopped…