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
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?
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.”
An Environmentalist Attempts a Prayer
“Let us dance, feel, celebrate the rarity of this fleeting life before we return to stardust in the cosmos / Let us usher our descendants in for a good time.”
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.”
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.”
Jewish Food Rituals in the Age of Diet Culture
“I relapsed almost every Passover.” For some, the holiday of liberation can feel like Mitzrayim. Experts weigh in on how to find freedom.
The Torah of Reality TV — Jumping the Fence, Jewishly (Judaism Unbound Podcast)
Pop culture is often dismissed as unsophisticated, reality TV considered a “guilty pleasure”. But let’s take a closer look: is there hidden Torah in the practice of watching reality TV?
Got Enemies? Try a Jewish Incantation Bowl
Scholar Shira Eliassian talks incantation bowls, demon divorces, and feminist historical narratives.
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.”
A Jewish Person Binds Their Chest
“I stood there, in my father’s closet, looking up at the cracked white paint of the ceiling, hoping God would hear that I was man, woman, and everything too.”
Jewish Pentimenti & Looking Backwards For A Media Future: Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“What would these Jewish futures look like? What would our canon become, and what would new Jewish media look like? Maybe most importantly, what choices can we make to bring these Judaisms into the present?”
Review: “These and Those” Tests The Limits of Jewish Safety
A new play by Ruth Geye paints a critical, intimate portrait of a modern orthodox student Shabbat lunch, asking, “how much are we willing to mutilate our souls in the pursuit of safety?”