Meet and greet: A Conversation with Jessica Blank, president of the Barnard Student Government Association
Sometimes I find it funny when any group of college students try to schedule a meeting. It usually takes a week, about two or three versions of a Doodle spreadsheet, and plenty of…
VLOG: Workshop SixtyFun at the Million Man March
Vlogger Leo Robinovitch with footage from Israel’s September 3 Million Man March. Netanyahu supporters beware: Graphic anti-establishment material may not be suitable for all audiences. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is…
POEM: Seek
I seek the peak of the mountain It stands there tempting me with all its glory Who would ever think such a desert pinnacle holds the key The key to my new life…
Building more than buildings
“The desert provides us with the best opportunity to begin again. This is a vital element of our renaissance in Israel.” -David Ben-Gurion When I am asked why I came to live in…
‘The country is wealthy; the people are poor’
“Israel is not for the rich only,” said Efrat (30) Saturday night in Petah Tikva. A month into the widespread student-led demonstrations demanding social justice in Israel, the spotlight this week of the…
Good things are growing in Gedera
“The first time I tried to grow them for the greenhouse, the seedlings all died – I forgot to water them,” says Annie Shore, without sounding a bit guilty. Her second time around,…
Poem: A visit to Mahadebesi Village and it’s Blind Orphanage
It wasn’t the tiny straw shacks, Nor the piles of stones of which there were stacks. It wasn’t the wet girl without the towel, Nor the toilet smell which was foul! It wasn’t…
Good to know/ Tov lada’at
I was lucky enough to have been brought up in a Jewish, Zionist environment which taught me to be critical, encouraged me to ask questions and pushed me to peak “behind the curtains”…
Kosher environmentalism
This summer, while interning at Hazon, I have been working on a supplement to the Hazon Food Guide on kosher, sustainable fish. Prior to this project, my experience with fish had largely…
