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March 18, 2013
4:24 am

The violent rhetoric of Israel Apartheid Week

Two weeks ago the Pro-Palestine group at Cornell organized Israel Apartheid week. This is an event that happens at college campuses all over the US, and I can't speak......

December 19, 2012
3:56 am

Hypocrisy at the Kotel

A couple of days ago, Jewish women were detained and arrested for praying openly. This did not happen in Iran or Egypt, but in Israel. The women......

November 30, 2012
4:08 am

No more hummus for Palestinian activists

Some gems I learned today at an event by Cornell's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter: No matter how delicious it is, Palestinian activists must boycott Sabra hummus. There......

November 12, 2012
8:58 am

The only Jew in the school

I previously wrote about my experience at college, where I found myself deeply involved in the Jewish community rather than in a more diverse......

November 6, 2012
7:25 am

To remain Jewish, segregate?

Diversity is one of those buzzwords colleges love to brag about in brochures and on tours. So I was pretty excited about attending Cornell University, which I had been......

October 12, 2012
10:49 pm

Yom Kippur, college-style

Jewish Holidays at college never happen quite the way you expect them to. You are supposed to pray with people you have never prayed with before, and who are......

September 21, 2012
5:55 am

Why don’t I look Jewish to you?

I get told a lot that I “don’t look Jewish.” At first when people would tell me this, I would laugh it off, wondering why anyone would say such......

September 6, 2012
6:04 am

Obama’s ‘sweet nothings’

Yesterday in The New York Times, Israeli-American Haim Saban wrote that he will be voting for Obama in the upcoming election not in spite of, but because......

August 23, 2012
4:13 am

The next step after banning circumcision

An argument that has often been cited as a justification for the banning of circumcision in Europe is that parents must not impose their own religious beliefs in a......

August 7, 2012
6:12 pm

A moment of silence for the Sikhs

Forty years ago, 11 Jewish athletes were murdered because of their religion. This past couple of weeks, I followed with horror and disgust as the International Olympic Committee denied......

July 17, 2012
11:46 pm

Can religious Judaism and egalitarianism coexist?

It is quite a paradox that the same movement that turned me away from religious Judaism is now slowly reeling me back in. Let’s start from the beginning. I grew......

July 2, 2012
6:45 pm

Jerusalem of Gold, Jerusalem of Stone

Jerusalem is a city that evokes a different image in everyone’s mind. The Peruvian cabdriver on the way to the airport said he had always dreamed of going there, as......

June 25, 2012
12:59 am

When to wear your Star of David

The ritual was familiar. As we boarded an airplane, we would take off our Stars of David. It was just a thing people did; I don’t think it was......

June 15, 2012
12:00 am

The failure of interfaith relations

Last week I was sitting in the painting class I am taking in New York City when a girl stumbled in, looking confused. Having been new to the class......

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June 4, 2012
6:15 pm

Is Orthodoxy the future for American Jews?

The New York Celebrate Israel Parade was easy to spot. With Israeli flags blowing in the wind and an excess of Jewfros, I couldn't have missed it. As......

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