A Seder for Two: Me and Elijah
“Black Jews like myself can often have a double consciousness about how they may be seen in one space or another, and hold serious reservations about entering predominantly-White Jewish spaces.”
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 New Jewish Daddy
From fashion to music to culture, an exploration of popular past and contemporary Jewish masculinities.
Gufim: overheard in the dressing room
“Survival is shattering the mirror / trusting the tree to support you.”
L’dor V’dor: The Resilience of Ethiopian Jewish Practice
“More than one group has a pencil for the Book of Life.”
When Kahane Came to Campus
The ultranationalist rabbi whose successors are now at the helm of Israel’s government had an intimate history with Maryland’s Jewish community — one which has been long-since forgotten.
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.”
Poem in which I am not the sister that kills herself
When she calls us to tell us she’s in the hospital / She being my sister / Or She being my homeland / We drive to the hospital / It’s Shabbat / We drive to the hospital
Priestly Blessing (Birkat Kohanim): A Vector Collage
New Voices Fellow, Ashton Macklin, shares a collage about our relationships to God in the abstract form.
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.
“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.”
Is Ye the New Wagner?
“He just has so many bangers!” said another Jewish friend begrudgingly the same week, dismayed that we weren’t putting Ye West on the playlist for the rager that night.
I Have Imposter Syndrome and I’m Owning it: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“This was the moment I realized that I, like everyone else in the world, was not exempt from imposter syndrome.”
4 Tips for DIY Judaism in Small Campus Communities
If your family is anything like mine, you were raised on mandel bread and ridiculous family stories that felt like a “Seinfeld” reboot in the making. Growing up, I was a proud member of the Metro Detroit Jewish community. I went to shul regularly, sang in the congregational choir, taught at Sunday school, and attended…