Hey, here’s the latest that’s going on at the home of Eliyahu McLean, a.k.a. the Jerusalem Peacemakers Center. Stay tuned for more events on a
Unorthodox: How Young Jewish Activists Are Changing the World Wed Nov 8 2006 7:30 pm-9:30 pm Join NIF’s New Generations for an evening featuring a
crossposted to JVoices I know some folks don’t like the event listings, but this is the ARTS!!! and I often hear the desire for more,
Maybe America doesn’t have the most ignorant leader in the world today. Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own way of seeing the Moshe Katzav
Or perhaps Iran is simply trying to consider on whom else he can declare war? Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Thursday continued his harsh rhetoric against
Money is power.
And it’s a shame when quallity journalism is shuttered because it doens’t meet the party lines.
So it’s even worse when the two collide and money is pulled form innovative projects such as New Voices magazine, published by the Jewish Student Press Serivce, recent selectee of the highly-competitive Slingshot award.
Check the article about New Voices’ funding woes in today’s Forward which stems from a conservative funder who took issue with the open freedom of writers to plumb the controversial depths of real Israeli life.
Slamming the reciever down when the voices of young people rings is a great way to (a) piss off the caller and (b) to lose the very involvement and interest in community of those on whom the greater community spending millions on “continuity” efforts. It’s a great chance for us to send in letters about why New Voices is a good thing, not a boring/anti-Semitic thing, and deserves institutional support.
In the words of one of New Voices’ writers:
The naked fact is that New Voices has gotten me interested in Israel and is responsible for perhaps a third or a half of what I currently know about Jewish traditions and history and current events (sad but true). I just sent in a letter to [email protected]. I think
somebody else should write one that says, in Ilana’s words, “why it’s important that NV’s material gets out there: that the material the J community makes available to J college students is so one-sided in support of Israel that they are ill-equipped to engage in a
substantive discussion and debate with more critical peers.” I wonder if, say, Kyle McCarthy might agree… EmDoug? Bexster? Nathan and Jessie, David, Abigail, you all have traveled wide with copies of New Voices tucked in your backpacks–would you share a few words? Theseletters can be like 3 sentences long. You all are better than I am at
brevity.
Here is a sample letter to use:
I went to check out the new much-hyped Westfield mall on Market street last night and was stunned to find – amidst the shiny new
I get annoyed at the ads I get from newspapers often…usually because they’re about JDate or find your future husband, but this one below…wow…I mean…wow.
Limmud NY’s Taste Too Tuesday, October 24 6:30-9:00pm DOROT, 171 W. 85th Street (at Amsterdam Ave.) Take the 1 to 86th and Broadway or the