Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
Jewish students are now protected under a law banning racial or ethnic harassment on campus. But will this serve to lessen anti-Semitism, or will it gag speech critical of Israel? [Forward] In the Israeli secular university students’ protests over stipends for Haredi yeshiva students, the country’s chief rabbi sides with… the secular students. [JTA] [JPost] Not all…
The vitriol of conservative talk radio never ceases to amaze me. First, Glenn Beck compares social justice to Nazism, and now Rush Limbaugh says that those who work in non-profits are “lazy idiots” and “rapists in terms of finance and economy.” Well, Rush, to show you that I’m not lazy (and not a rapist), I’m…
Israel advocacy, in my formative years, came in buzz words: Democracy meant a free form of government that Israel had and the Arabs didn’t. IDF or Tzaha”l meant the army we should be proud of no matter what. Peace meant what Israel wanted. Terrorism meant the same thing, but for the Palestinians. AIPAC meant pro-Israel….