Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
I’m a new face here at New Voices. None of you know me, and I don’t know any of you yet.The first thing I want to do is say that I hope your New Year has been sweet so far. Because let’s face it, shall we? For some of us, 5770, in many ways, totally…
Since I got interested in and involved with Judaism two years ago, my Jewish library has become an impressive (or at least mountainous) fixture in my bedroom. I have somehow managed to amass, according to my LibraryThing page, at least 91 books on various Jewish topics since then. Some have been staples, like The Jewish Book…
Last week, the ultra-Orthodox yeshiva high school where I teach marked the end of the year with a siyum, a celebration in honor of the completion of a tractate of the Talmud. Almost every male there wore a black hat, but I wore a crocheted kippah. It was clear that they were ultra-Orthodox and that…