Jewish student for Ron Paul; Perry is out; who’s next? [Today in New Voices]
David Deerson, a junior at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill meets Ron Paul | Zach C. Cohen It took New Voices Associate Editor Zach C. Cohen (also recently dubbed New Voices politics...
View ArticleLower tuition… yay! Israel and Iran… meh… [State of the Students]
Everybody and their mother is trying to predict what’s going to happen in the 2012 race to the White House. At New Voices, we’re wondering what college students will vote for. Well, tonight may have...
View ArticleYour (Republican?) grandparents pick Romney [Florida!]
Mitt Romney / Creative Commons The Jewish state has spoken. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney should be president. Oh, sorry, I was talking about Florida. It may not be the most Jewish state in...
View ArticleEscape America if Your Candidate Loses
JetBlue flies to really pretty places with completely different governments. [CC JetBlue]“If this country votes for [insert name of whichever candidate you find more repulsive here], I’m moving to...
View ArticleShots Shots Shots Shots… Everybody!
The Forward helps you get drunk during tonight’s presidential debate (CC Forward.com) Who could have predicted that LMFAO’s 2009 Top Forty Hit would actually later double as the soundtrack for our...
View ArticleJill Stein: Jew for President
Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2012 presidential nominee, was the one of the few Jewish candidates to ever run for President. Stein, a former physician, has been involved in politics since 1998 and...
View ArticleTrump, Sanders, and the rhetoric of Jewishness
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent two very different ways of talking about Jewishness. There seems to be many ways for presidential candidates to pander to Jews. One might look to the 2012...
View ArticleStop analyzing Bernie Sanders’ Jewishness
Bernie Sanders speaks at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. | Supplied by Gage Skidmore A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Bernie Sanders makes the decision to talk...
View ArticleJewish pluralism — and its limits
Donald Trump speaks at an August 2015 town hall in New Hampshire. | Supplied by Michael Vadon [CC-4.0]The Jewish community has always been in the project of negotiating itself — what people are part...
View ArticleLocker Room Banter is Rape Culture
Originally published via Medium by Sheila Katz, the Vice President of Social Entrepreneurship at Hillel International and a board member of the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse: The most recent...
View ArticleWill Trump’s Presidency Help Israel?
In an election between two of the most unpopular candidates in U.S. electoral history, real estate and media mogul Donald Trump accomplished the unthinkable – winning the presidency. His transition...
View ArticleStudents React to Trump’s Victory
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, New Voices asked students across America and Canada for their first reactions to Donald Trump’s poll-defying win in the 2016 presidential election. Students share their experiences...
View ArticleOur Institutions Will Survive Trump
I’m not afraid of the big bad wolf. But I do worry about the people that voted for him. Last week on “Real Time” with Bill Maher – a primary news and politics outlet for a huge number of my peers –...
View ArticleHow Jewish Students Prepare for the 2020 Election
Part one of New Voices Magazine’s 2020 Election coverage, reporting on Jewish student responses to this historic event. You can read part two here. The day before the election, the New Voices social...
View ArticleJewish Students Buckle Down for Lingering Election
Part two of New Voices Magazine’s 2020 Election coverage, reporting on Jewish student responses to this historic event. You can read part one here. As Jewish students nationwide rolled over in bed,...
View ArticleMeet the Young, Progressive Voter Constituency Budding in Los Angeles’...
As the 2020 presidential election dragged on through Wednesday and voters across the country bit their nails awaiting the results, Los Angeles’ community of Persian Jews came face-to-face with its own...
View ArticleDiaspora English: An American Election in Israel
Part of the ongoing “Diaspora English” series, Daniel Crasnow reports on a year spent teaching in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic. You can read other Diaspora English articles here. Following...
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