Our Adar Hearts
“As we read a text about Adar, and one about feeling the pain of those suffering, The Fellows wrote our own Torah as a response.”
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?
L’dor V’dor: The Resilience of Ethiopian Jewish Practice
“More than one group has a pencil for the Book of Life.”
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.”
Priestly Blessing (Birkat Kohanim): A Vector Collage
New Voices Fellow, Ashton Macklin, shares a collage about our relationships to God in the abstract form.
Epilogues and Edges
“Even if we somehow managed to get every member back into that living room in Edinburgh, singing the same songs, it will never feel the same. We will no longer have those same strings of connection, varying in strength but never tenderness, weaving between us.”
The Wisdom of Tohu V’vohu
“Formless and void, tohu v’vohu is the swirling celestial wilderness, before divinity started forming creation. It feels cosmically significant that we have been brought here, now.”
A Golem’s Thoughts on War
“When a rabbi takes it upon themselves to forge a Golem, there is an emergency. The being represents an attempt to rebuild, to protect, and most literally, to physicalize the truth.”
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.”
Choosing to Grieve
“It felt so good to not have to pretend everything is fine. To be able to mourn, to bawl in the presence of community without apologizing for the snot and the sound.”
mi kerida / My Beloved
“My beloved’s hair is the color of coffee /
And she drinks from the finest waters in Sefarad.”
Born Again in the Bathroom Mirror: a Transmasculine Euphoric Poem
“I didn’t know what G-d looked like until I met Him this afternoon in the bathroom mirror.”
Aseini K’Ilan: Make Me Like A Tree
“The fact that every natural wonder, from the sight of a rainbow to the smell of a spice, is given a brachah – the fact we are commanded to notice the world for what it is and what it offers – is such an awesome thing.”
Dear Jewish Queeries: I’m Religiously Observant & My Partner’s An Atheist. Can We Make It Work?
How do I balance a romantic relationship where it’s hard to find common ground in any discussion about religion?
Women Should Be
“They say I was grieving my loss as the only righteous woman; that sizzles my bones, as if I bought into that scathing myth we force feed our girls, that womanhood is scarce and to be monopolized.”