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A new type of Jewish education is going beyond the halls of Hebrew School and straight to the hearts of young diaspora Jews.
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Arts & Crafts, Bonfires, and USDA Flour Sacks: The Little-Known History of Global Jewish Summer Camps
An archival story of how “Summer Children’s Colonies” became known as Jewish diasporic humanitarian aid.
In Pursuit of a Kosher Campus
How Jewish students across America are struggling to keep kosher at COVID colleges.
I Became an Anti-Zionist the Same Way I Became a Jew
I remember telling my mother on the first night of Hanukkah sometime in high school that I didn’t want to sing “Hanukkah O Hanukkah” or anything else in English while we lit the candles. However, I also didn’t want or know how to sing the Hebrew prayers, wrapped as they were in religiosity, complicated words, and foreign melodies.
Second Judaism On Our Own Terms Conference Wrestles with Sustainability
Judaism On Our Own Terms (JOOOT), a network of college students attempting to build Jewish communities without major donor-fueled organizations like Hillel and the Jewish Federations, has only existed since last April. The weekend of September 16th, they held their second-ever national conference on the campus of Brown University. According to one attendee, a former…
Red Line Rebellion
Though JOOOT-affiliated independent groups lack the financial resources and name recognition of Hillel International, they offer students a powerful invitation: create the Judaism you want to be a part of. Kahn believes that JOOOT’s impact will extend far beyond the campus. “We’re giving people a taste of what the potential of radically inclusive Judaism can be,” he says.