Erin Dodo, a current Lauder Fellow from South Africa, wrote an article for the Cape Jewish Chronicle about balancing Jewish pride and Jewish fear on campus in South Africa. She poses the important question: "I was faced with a dilemma: how could I, a proud Jew and Zionist, hide my identity at the place where I should feel the safest to express it?"
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A Charity Match In Memory
In memory of Nathaniel Young, two JSOC teams, the Lenton Orient and Maccabi Moulsecoombe, face off in a charity fundraiser match. The proceeds raised will be going to Magen David Adom.
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NextGenInc. Program Organizes the Peace4All Summit in Georgia
Peace in Our Schools, a program of NextGenInc., organized the Peace4All Summit – engaging Georgian and Ukrainian youth, and workshops on Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, and Interfaith Dialogue with a group of Russian youth activists in exile in Tbilisi, Georgia, from November 15-20, 2023.
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UJS Podcast Celebrates Mizrahi Heritage Month!
JD Academy Member, Guy Dabby-Joory speaks to the Vice President of the Board of Deputies for Sephardi and Mizrachi Heritage month.
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Americanish Exclusive Episode Special
The American-ish podcast, a project in NextGenInc., released an exclusive episode talking about the communal values that brought Adela Cojab, a Syrian Lebanese Jew, and Mariam Wahba, a Coptic Christian Egyptian, together almost two years ago.
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The Consequences of Ill-Informed Israel Commentary - TOI Blog: Galia Wechsler, JD Academy (Israel)
"Accounts on social media—even if they’re verified or posit themselves as reliable sources of news commentary—are not held to journalism ethics and standards. They are unlikely to ever issue a retraction or correction, and if they do, it does not reach the same audience as the original post." writes JD Academy Member Galia Wechsler (Israel) in her Times of Israel article "The Consequences of Ill-Informed Israel Commentary".
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Diverse for all, exclusive for some - Joseph Zeleznikow, Lauder Fellow 2023-2024
"I'm also Jewish and a Zionist. Unfortunately, despite the abundance of diversity at UMass Boston, the last word I used to describe myself has prevented me from being accepted into this diverse space," shares Lauder Fellow (2023-2024) Joseph Zeleznikow in his Op-Ed for the UMass Media publication.
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Three JSOC Games in One Day
On Monday, November 20, three Jewish Student Sports events occurred between the Leeds and Birmingham teams.
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Two Panels in Support of Israel
Cami Tussie, NextGen Member, hosted a panel with the Maimonides Society Harvard Medical School and Dental School.
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JD Academy Member Hannah Siegel (US) Speaks to CBS Texas
On Friday, November 17, JD Academy Member Hannah Siegel (US) spoke to CBS Texas on the lack of support she and her Jewish peers feel unsupported by their university's administration in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel, as antisemitism is at an all-time high across the diaspora.
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