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Not All Time Is For Sale: Keeping Shabbat Under Capitalism
“There are still 25 hours of the week where time holds still, makes room for something quiet and eternal. It is, by its very nature, a world designed to exist outside of capital.”
Foraging for Jews
A romance from the New York Mycological Society blossoms into a trek through the world of Jewish urban foraging
The Medicine In My Jewish Self, The Torah In My Lakota Practice
“When you pray the Lakota way, do you feel like you’re praying to the same God?”
Shabbat Magic
“To my surprise, Shabbat dinners became a predictable and grounding occurrence every week. My mom cooked, I set the table, and my dad and brother cleaned up after the meal. Sometimes it was twenty minutes of near silence then everyone scurried off to their bedrooms again. Sometimes it ended in explosive arguments and someone finishing their plate an hour or two later in the kitchen. But sometimes it worked.”
The Torah of OCD
“The Torah of OCD is simple: it is an important and very serious mitzvah to manage my OCD as skillfully as I am able on any given day, seeking out the support and resources I need to live well and in good health. And it is deeply complicated: I am no longer comfortable theologizing pain.”
On This Very Day, One Pesach Later: A Passover Reader
After a year of pandemic, one Pesach later, four Jewish students and thinkers have assembled a Passover Seder companion, filled with reflections on a year of plague and visions of redemption.
Escape the Plagues & Find Liberation: A Pesach Puzzle Game
Can an escape room be a spiritual endeavor? Can play help us feel connected to the people around us? Can games be holy work? Can puzzles help us engage with the challenging social justice themes of the Passover story?
The New Jewish Educator-Activists of Instagram
A new type of Jewish education is going beyond the halls of Hebrew School and straight to the hearts of young diaspora Jews.
“Jewish Media Is…”: An Unsettled Fellowship Reflection
“Jewish media is constantly questioning what I think I know, what I think I believe, and who I think my heroes are.”
Shouting “I am a Jewish Educator!”: A Judaism Unbound Fellowship Reflection
“Too many young Jews receive the message from our communities that we aren’t Jewish in the right way….That’s why New Voices Magazine’s work to connect young Jewish artists to each other and give our stories and ideas a platform is such a radical project.”
Eight Nights of Jewish Zines: The Torah of Zines
“Zines are a lot like Torah: passed down from generation to generation, with each text inspiring more texts, more commentaries, more sparks, more light. Jewish Zines are like Torah in another way: only you can reveal what comes next.”
A Love Letter to “Timtum: A Trans Jew Zine”
“The Rabbis wrote commentaries and we write zines.”
Eight Nights of Jewish Zines: Doykeit Zine Series
For the fifth night of Hanukkah, New Voices presents this interview about the Doykeit zine series with JB Brager, the editor of a now four-part collection of writing on themes of queerness, anti-zionism, and diaspora.