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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“Her memories will become monuments”: On Poland, Irena Klepfisz, and the Search for Home
“It was on the plane to Warsaw that Irena Klepfisz’s writing began to feel less like poetry and more like prophecy.”
The Ins and Outs of 2024 (by the Jewish Media Fellows)
One unhinged writing session later, after great deliberation, and quite possibly spitting out water onto our computers, we bring you… the definitive in/out guide for 2024.
A Yiddish Camp Saga
The weeklong trip to Camp Kinder Ring has been around, formally, for 14 years. But, for the first time, yunge mentshn (“young people”) would fill the bunks, and meet the generations that came before.
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.
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.”
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.”
Review: Havurah’s First Jewish Short Film Festival
The films ranged from poignant renderings of love and loss of faith to high energy concepts toying with the forms of Judaism and film alike.
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.”
Young Queer Jews are Adding Their Voice to the Siddur
“With this siddur addition, LGBTQ+ young adult Jews get to truly share their voices in religious life.”
“Israelism” Review: The Dangers of Pro-Israel Indoctrination
“In declaring that the only way for Jews to be safe is for Israel to be safe, the safety of Jews everywhere else has effectively been compromised.”
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“The Yiddish word haymishe comes to mind… It immediately made sense to me as an equal-parts ironic and sincere evocation of the joy and warmth of Midwestern Jewishness.”
The Mizrahi Black Panthers Dreamed of a Different Future
“At this moment of heightened conflict, we must remember, and draw inspiration from the Mizrahi legacy of intersectional activism through the Mizrahi Black Panther Party in Israel.”
The Moss Maidens, a play about teen girls seducing and killing Nazis, is making history
“There’s this catharsis in getting to kill Nazis on stage, knowing they would have wanted to kill you.”