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You say matzah — and matzo and matzuh and matzee and more
Readers respond to our editor-in-chief’s column about a Passover copy-editing conundrum
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There’s More to Wesleyan Than The Forward’s Numbers Tell You
Like many Jewish students, we came to college unsure of what to expect. During the first week of school, a pair of Naot sandals and a knit kippah quickly led to a game of Jewish geography, the start of our friendship. Both from Ramah and USY backgrounds, we were excited to find a kindred spirit….
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A Student From The Best College For Jews Shares The Simple Secret To Their Success
My criteria for the perfect college were a small to mid-sized school, a school where there was ample support and numerous resources for pre-health students, a school with a sense of spirit and pride and a school with a strong Hillel. While many of the schools I looked at met several of these “requirements,” Emory…
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How Columbia/Barnard Hillel Is Empowering Students To Take Charge Of Their Mental Health
In the basement of the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, home of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, filled with students who had gathered after kiddush on Saturday afternoon, a sense of anticipation hung over the room. After many months of preparation, and a long journey beset with many pitfalls and setbacks, the first major event run by…
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Ten Ways Joining TAMID Will Change Your Life
The job market for new college graduates is getting more competitive; attending a good school and earning good grades are no longer enough. TAMID Group offers just the competitive advantage to make a business-minded college student stand out. A selective program, TAMID gives undergraduate students at 46 colleges the opportunity to learn from and work…
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10 Reasons Jews Should Go Greek
Joining a fraternity or sorority in college is a life-changing decision, one of the first “adulting” choices for a college student. For Jewish college students, there are a variety of fraternities and sororities founded on and committed to Jewish values such as loving thy neighbor, honoring and respecting others, being truthful and finding your piece…
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The Bronfman Center Is A Home Away From Home
Not all college students can reflect on their experiences in such a positive light, attributing much of their success and happiness to their Jewish Center on campus, like New York’s downtown Jewish students can. The Bronfman Center at NYU houses a unique space, through various clubs and student groups, for everyone to belong, connect, engage…
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10 Reasons To Go To Chabad On Campus
Chabad on Campus provides a “home away from home” for Jews at campuses across America and around the globe. Chabad seeks to ensure that students graduate as stronger and more empowered Jews than when they entered. Since the 1960s, Chabad campus centers open their doors to every Jewish student regardless of background or observance level….
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Pluralism and Soggy Babka
In Hillels across the US, pluralism is sought after, grappled with, and left comfortably on the shelf with other concepts we understanding theory rather than practice, like politeness on the subway. The seemingly unanswerable question of implementation and understanding of pluralism looms. While a value established as integral to the Hillel mission, vital conversations around…
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Beyond Camels: My Outdoor Adventures With Harvard Hillel
I started Harvard with a vague idea that I was going to be more involved in “Jewish things” on campus. What that meant, I had no idea. Birthright seemed like a good place to start, and so sometime in the first few weeks on campus I found the contact information for Hillel’s Israel coordinator, Lauren….
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Watch Your Bleeping Language
Anthony Scaramucci may be history as far as the current White House is concerned, but the Pandora’s Box he opened in his obscenity-laced rant is not about to slam shut. Scaramucci obviously thought that The New Yorker was far too distinguished a publication to quote him directly. How wrong he was. Following the expose in…
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Neo-Nazis Are Rallying In Charlottesville. Will You Help Stop Them?
Never again. Like most American Jews, these words were at the core of my religious education. Growing up in Charlottesville, a town that 1,500 Jews and the University of Virginia call home, I learned about the importance of standing up against hatred before it’s too late. “First They Came for the Communists” felt like ancient…
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