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Jul 8, 2018, 5:46 PM

Why I’m Not Studying Abroad

Studying abroad junior year of college has become a bit of a cliché. Hypothetically, it’s a great opportunity for young people to learn about another country and themselves. I genuinely think that everyone should study abroad if they can....

Jul 1, 2018, 8:52 AM

Pinchas: Passover and Marijuana

What can possibly be the connection between Passover and marijuana? Well on Passover we ask questions, and when you are high on Marijuana, well let’s just the say the questions don’t seem to matter anymore... This may sound facetious...

Jun 30, 2018, 9:50 PM

The Decline of Civility and Respect

I don't know about you, but I am very disturbed by a certain trend in America, particularly with respect to politics. Americans have always thrived on having a healthy discourse among themselves with respect to political issues. Often, we...

Shlomo Roiter Jesner

Jun 27, 2018, 9:36 PM

BDS at Cambridge: Activism blinded by self-righteousness?

Student activism at the University of Cambridge surrounding the most recent events in Gaza has, of late, been severely problematic. Beginning with a rally on Kings Parade, which included calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and...

Philip Lefkowitz

Jun 25, 2018, 12:14 AM

Is The ACLU Reconsidering Its Role?

The disclosure of an internal memo at The American Civil Liberties Union has questioned whether the ACLU, long the standard bearer for the protection of free speech at all costs, the First Amendment, is considering modifying their position. "Our defense...

Hadar Langerman

Jun 22, 2018, 5:25 PM

The ‘March of Return protests’ were anything but peaceful

This past month Israel celebrated its 70th year of independence. Whilst this was a joyous time for Israelis, the Palestinians marked it with protests at the Gaza border starting on March 30th. These accelerated in their violence as ‘Nakba’...

Jun 19, 2018, 1:01 PM

What’s wrong with the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act

Illustrative: Muslim students at an anti-Israel protest at the University of California, Irvine, in 2006. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)

Rather than codify an official anti-Semitism definition, Congress should focus on preventing harassment of students

Jun 18, 2018, 3:04 PM

Choosing Judaism

I have just returned from a very intense trip to New York. I cannot overstate the privilege it is to join the fellows of our leadership programs during the section of the program that we immerse ourselves within a...

Jun 16, 2018, 9:09 AM

UCLA Jewish Students File Police Complaint After Disruption

A group of Jewish students from the Students Supporting Israel chapter at UCLA have filed a complaint with campus police after the March 17 disruption of one of their events by the brown shirt Students for Justice in Palestine....

Robert L. Wolkoff

Jun 15, 2018, 11:42 PM

I never told you?

If you want to ruin your day, check out younevertoldme.org. It’s the stepchild of “If Not Now,” the organization of earnest young Jews who oppose “the occupation” with equal measures of naïveté and self-righteousness. “While the out-of-touch establishment claims...

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