As far back as Ilana Muhlstein can remember she struggled mightily with her weight. As a morbidly obese child whose weight was the center of her family’s focus, she took comfort in sitting on a stool in front of the tv mindlessly eating to stuff down feelings about...
“They know that bad people are trying to hurt them.”
“Where are you, President Shafik of Columbia University?” Davidai pleads. “We are waiting for you to eradicate all pro-terror student organizations from campus.”
“The Sunflower experience is transformational,” she beams, “Students come in and they don’t leave as the same people. The growth, self-confidence, and self-esteem are life changing.”
I came out of my Jewish shell the first time I put on a kippah (yarmulke). It was overwhelming. I was glowing. The cameras began to flash and suddenly I was wishing people all across the world a Shabbat Shalom on Instagram.
by Debra Rich Gettleman This past Shabbat, the first one of the 2023 school year at UC Berkeley, proved to be anything but restful for Jewish Fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi). Instead, it offered a glance into antisemitism on campus. At about 1am Saturday morning, a...
A fourteen-year journey that has been both painful and enlightening. I’ve often thought that grief needs its own vocabulary.
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