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Sep 11, 2020, 9:57 AM

One nation, one heart

I’ve driven down Roosevelt Boulevard before. I’ve avoided eye contact with the homeless I’ve seen there and wished for traffic lights to stay green so that I wouldn’t have to stop. Yet, on a Sunday morning only a few weeks...

May 13, 2018, 9:43 PM

Jewish identity in Indiana

Illustrative: Parrish Hall at the center of the Swarthmore College campus in Pennsylvania. (Wikipedia/Ugen64/Public domain)

Jews on my Indiana college campus feel Jewish, but they don't connect to any of the Judaism I know

Jun 28, 2017, 8:55 AM

A “Core” Problem

In my first week of classes during the fall semester of my junior year of college, I was told by two separate instructors within the School of Education that teaching is a form of brainwashing, and I should be...

Dec 26, 2016, 6:42 AM

Happy holidays from an upbeat undergraduate

Two years ago, I wrote of big lava colored bows being strung on every lamppost on campus. Well friends, they’ve returned. Granted I’ve been a college student for almost three years and you would think I’d be used to being...

Jul 3, 2016, 6:57 AM

Bless the U.S.A.

“I really appreciate how nice the weather is today, especially after all that rain we had last week,” I started. “I really appreciate how blue the sky is today,” she continued. “I’m really thankful my mom convinced me to buy these...

Mar 31, 2016, 7:26 AM

Here’s What Snapchat’s Face Swap Feature Has Taught Us

If you’ve ever secretly envied your friend’s blond hair or bone structure, if you’ve ever felt like you weren’t pretty enough or handsome enough or attractive enough in general, or if you’ve ever wanted to trade places with someone...

Feb 2, 2016, 10:39 AM

Meditations of Our Hearts: A Woman’s Prayer

Tonight, I sat around a table with five other young Jewish women, and we spoke about our Jewish female role models. We started off in a very Jewish way, with a blessing and a question: “May G-d make you...

Oct 13, 2015, 11:58 AM

Following My Yellow Brick Derech

Why am I a Ba’alat Tshuvah? Why am I a Jew? Why do I believe in G-d? I believe in Hashem: in His power over me, my life, the world, ongoing creation, etc. I believe that, when I speak and...

Aug 7, 2015, 12:30 AM

Wanderlust Goose Chase

I close the door behind me and immediately I get that feeling again. I go back in the room and I check the drawers, my pockets, my purse, the bathroom, my suitcase, I have everything with me…including that pesky...

Apr 15, 2015, 1:24 PM

Reaction to the Warsaw Cemetery

Dear ghost, Do you still shudder when you hear the sound of boots? Do you see my tears when I cry for you? Do you hear us tell your story? We remember you. Dear ghost, Did you know we believe in the same God? We still...

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Hannah is a student at Indiana University studying Elementary Education and Jewish Studies.