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Sep 10, 2015, 5:11 PM

Lessons learned once the first year fear is gone: from being late to class to creating your own Jewish identity

Jul 9, 2015, 5:22 PM

This is not your conflict

To the outsiders who condemn Israel and leave Hamas unaccountable, you don't know what you're talking about

Mar 27, 2015, 9:38 AM

Israel in focus at NYC universities

During the 'Apartheid Week' anti-Israel fest, some NYU and Columbia students were focusing on truth and peace

Mar 19, 2015, 6:05 AM

The peaceful and the just

Walkouts and noncooperation with anti-Israel speakers will only deepen the chasm between the sides

Jan 21, 2015, 3:03 AM

Between Two Worlds: A Glimpse Through Kerem Shalom

This summer living in Tel Aviv, the Gaza Strip for me and many around the world existed only as the place from whence the rockets and pictures of destruction came and into which Israeli friends my age and hopes...

Nov 21, 2014, 5:09 PM

Now is the Time for Unity

It is almost Shabbat here in New York City. While the rest of the city continues to hum along at its normal unrelenting pace, what happens after sunset as Jews of all stripes join together across NYU is one...

Nov 19, 2014, 10:14 AM

Enough Blood; Celebrate Life

When I first learned of the vicious murders of Rabbis Kupinsky, Goldberg, Levine, Twersky, by Palestinian terrorists, I was in Washington, DC in the midst of an AIPAC summit teaching high school students how to be successful advocates for...

Sep 24, 2014, 3:27 PM

Abbas’s dream

The PA president is warming up for his UN address Friday, but left a New York University audience cold

Jul 9, 2014, 2:58 PM

Israel must be allowed to respond swiftly and fully to entirely unjustified attacks on its civilian population

Jul 1, 2014, 12:59 AM

Moonrise Over Israel: Reflecting on Tragedy From Tel Aviv

I have not been able to bring myself to write anything at length about the horrendous attack on the Jewish people that is currently taking place in our homeland for many reasons. The night that Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad...

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About Me

Laura is finishing a degree in Economics and a minor in Hebrew Judaic Studies at New York University. She was a co-founding editor of Jewish Insider, and is the former national Deputy Communications Director of College Democrats of America.