Student Editorial
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Fish Article Weighed in Scales and Found Wanting I would like to share with you my concerns about the article in your latest issue entitled “Lox et Veritas: The Truth about Fish and Kashrut.” I am pleased to find an article in New Voices prompting the consideration of diet in relation to our Jewish traditions,…
At 6 a.m., we would awake to the squeaky roar of bulldozers. Opening our eyes, we’d see the hulking machines moving lazily back and forth on the construction site. At first, the only people on the site had been IDF soldiers and demolition crews, along with private security guards. But as time passed, more workers…
Who’s Afraid of Birthright? Re: “Selling Out My Birthright” (November/December 2003) I recently came across your article about Birthright in New Voices and I agree with it a great deal. When I was on a Birthright trip in Israel in June of 2002, I often got the feeling that Israel was being sold to us….
Who’s Afraid of Birthright? Re: “Selling Out My Birthright” (November/December 2003) I recently came across your article about Birthright in New Voices and I agree with it a great deal. When I was on a Birthright trip in Israel in June of 2002, I often got the feeling that Israel was being sold to us….
In the early hours of my first morning in Israel our guide took us straight from the airport to a lookout over the Judaean Hills. We all stood at the railing while Uri pointed out every town and explained some of their histories. The ten of us stood in silence. I wondered what I would…