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VLOG: Workshop SixtyFun needs a haircut
Leo’s looking more like a lion, the team meets the whole community it’s serving and three brief interviews with the cohort. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in…
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VLOG: Winter chofesh on Workshop SixtyFun
A half-marathon and marathon touring with Leo and his family in this installment of Workshop SixtyFun. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in Masa’s gap year program, Workshop…
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Navigating Sin City
For anyone in southern California, Las Vegas is a staple party town once you turn the big 2-1, when drinking and gambling is suddenly legal! With its constant entertainment and craziness, Vegas is…
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The Wondering Jew: The hunt for the great white job
A few weeks ago I started thinking seriously about the future and how to best get myself into the job market. The thought of the endless application forms and cover letters sends shivers…
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‘Sacrifice is the Israeli way’. One student’s account of her moving tour of Sderot
No matter how many Israel Day parades we may have attended, coins we have dropped in a JNF charity box, or times we have sung Hatikva, as diaspora Jews our connection to Israel…
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VLOG: Good ole fashioned Zionism on Workshop SixtyFun
Trips to Haifa, Tel Aviv and the Palmach Museum add up to another rousing week of horseplay with the young lads and lasses of Workshop 61! Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who…
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The Masada mystique
The last time I had attempted to climb up the historical mountain of Masada, I had failed miserably. I was on my senior trip and it was the last day of touring before…
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Just another Saturday night
Have you ever met someone whom you felt like you already knew, even though you’d only just been introduced? That’s how I felt about Amir. He was charming and alluring. Amir seemed more…
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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…
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OPINION: Grabbing circumcision by the balls
Few Jews are aware that circumcision violates international laws enacted by the United Nations. Article 6 of The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, published on December 16, 1948, just a few short…
Mind the gap
I will be spending the 2011-2012 academic year in Israel, traveling the country, volunteering and learning to live communally with others in a program sponsored by the progressive Zionist youth movement, Habonim Dror….
Worshipping a different type of god: Our fascination with celebrities
Our generation has become obsessed with celebrities. But, when does celebrity obsession become something more than just buying the occasional US Weekly to keep up with one of America’s favorite family, the Kardashians?…
OPINION: Grabbing circumcision by the balls
Few Jews are aware that circumcision violates international laws enacted by the United Nations. Article 6 of The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, published on December 16, 1948, just a few short…
The Wondering Jew: Mama Mia in Sweden
Last Wednesday night I was thrown into the weird and wonderful life of Swedish students at Chalmers University of Technology. It all started with a simple text to a friend of mine from…
Alte neue Kivunim
Two of my friends recently met me outside my Manhattan office for lunch. We grabbed a quick chicken gyro and sat on some steps, and I was extra careful not to drip tahina…
VLOG: Workshop SixtyFun
Check out the first installment of our awesome new vlog by Canadian Leo Robinovitch. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in Masa’s gap year program, Workshop 61, which…
OPINION: A medical student speaks out: My anger is toward the silent public!
My name is Nofar and I’m finishing my second year in the abbreviated medical studies track for those who already have a first degree at Tel Aviv University. I’ve finished this academic year,…
Meet and greet: UCI Hillel program director Rebecca Goldberg
University of California, Irvine’s Hillel has a new program director, Rebecca Goldberg, to take on the challenges of organizing Hillel and bring in unaffiliated Jewish students. I recently had the chance to sit…
Daydreams are made of this
An emptiness engulfs me as I stare out of the front window of my office. The phone rings. It’s my job to answer but I choose to ignore. I started working here a…
The Wondering Jew: Cutting leads in Leeds
Sometimes the emotional and mental voyage we make while traveling is much greater than the physical distance we cover. The space we put between us and home can give us the perspective we…
At home with tent city ‘residents’
An old man in a blue shirt approaches a young woman stirring two pots of food. “How much does it cost?” he asks. “It’s free and will be ready in ten minutes,” she…
Protest nation
Cool slide show depicting the many many protests going on throughout the Holy Land. Some highlights: the irate lady and the haredi fellow, the aerial pix of the mass Tel Aviv rally, drawing…
