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.
Article Archive
“Science is not enough:” How Jewish Tradition Keeps Climate Activists Afloat
“I learned there is almost no chance that I or any of my peers would be able to create enough near-future change to prevent climate catastrophe. When I left my environmental education, I only had hopelessness.”
“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.”
Shabbat, Chronic Illness, & Radical Rest
“I have seen Jewish wisdom anchor chronically ill and disabled people amidst a society that is built, in many ways, to exclude us.”
Kislev Dreaming
“What if I’d pursued another degree, deserted a friendship, or pursued a great love? Dancing around my skull, my dreams pull these threads out from under my brain and smack onto the page.”
Home Will Not Wait For Us
“I once wept outside / a Domino’s in Jerusalem while the buses didn’t run, / parted ways with the child who grew up believing / that somewhere home was waiting for her.”
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.”
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.”
Street Show
“I told you, you can. You’re a Jew, I’m a Jew, it’s what we are. We take things. You can take it.”
12 Tips for High Holidays Balance and Presence
In this excerpt from a collaborative High Holidays reader entitled “Our Still Small Voice”, Raffi Levi brings Jewish spiritual wisdom on enoughness and healing for readers looking to set an intention for the whirlwind Days of Awe.
Social Media Was Bad For My Judaism
Our generation has created two gods. One of them is Facebook. Bold statement, right? But let me explain: There is a real G-d and a god we have created in our own (albeit distorted) image, and we dubbed that god “social media.” We spend all our time on it and use it to engage in…
My Bipolar Disorder Taught Me Strength
When I was in first grade, my family set high academic standards. From day one, my father told me I was going to Harvard, despite my learning barriers. For years, that belief was instilled in me, and I made sure to fit his dream, skeptical of whose passions drove me. To get the grades, I…
Why Religion Matters – With or Without God
Original version published on whoknowsoneblog.wordpress.com. Is there something that faith brings to our society that we would lack if we lived in a world without religion? To the person who has perfect belief in God or a specific religion, this question seems silly. In their minds, of course the presence of their specific religion is of…