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It has never been easy being Jewish. First we wandered through the desert for 40 years, then came ten years of Hebrew school, and now that both have come to an end, I’m still schvitzing from the stress. Now, you may be thinking, “Why do you feel such stress? Did you lose your menorah? Was the store out of Kedem grape juice?” The truth is, as much as Jewish stereotypes entertain me, they also stress me out. Though I attend Syracuse University (where Jews are not a minority), I still find myself to be one among my group of gentile friends, which places me in the crossfire for common Jew jokes.
Not a day passes by when I don’t hear a friend express interest in a new object-such as a Kindle or a Nintendo Wii- and then tell me to ask my father if he can purchase one for him this holiday season. That’s the first and most prominent Jewish stereotype: all Jews have a lot of money. Now, this may be true for some Jewish families, but it is equally as true for some non- Jewish families. Read the whole story »
Since sixth grade, football has been a huge part of my life. I always knew the kid next to me would back me up. If I lost a block he would pick it up, and …
Since the days of the yenta, the allure of having a wellmatched Jewish mate found for you has been balanced by the fear of the unpredictability of most websites that offer to do the same …
Schools like New York University and Brandeis University have over 1,000 times the global percentage of Jews. But what about schools like West Virginia University, where there aren’t as many? How do those students find …
Tamir Goodman is the only observant Jew to ever play basketball in college and professionally, without ever playing on Shabbat. Since he began playing at age six, he has had nine major injuries and recovered …
So maybe you grew up in a Jewish household, and maybe you’ve spent your childhood schlepping your tuchus to the deli for some nosheri. Students from Yiddish and non Yiddish backgrounds alike are turning to …
Don’t judge a book by its cover, or in this case, don’t judge wealth by appearances. A homeless Jewish Holocaust survivor living in New York died last year and had amassed nearly $300,000 in savings. …
It’s part business plan, part music analysis, part music streaming, and it was created by four Northwestern University students as a senior project in an entrepreneurship class.Alex White, the CEO of nextbigsound.com (NBS) and an …
Mike Mandel stumbled into everything-his job, his life and most of his close friends.
“What I wanted to do kind of found me,” he says.
After beginning work at Harmonix, a video gaming development company, he was …
Zak Yitro, 22, has achieved more than many artists will in a lifetime. What started as symbols and forms when he was a teenager has now transformed into an art form that portrays Jewish concepts …
Benjamin Singer wants to change the world-in a positive
way.
“Since I was a junior in high school, I would always say that I didn’t know what I wanted to do in the world, but I wanted …
The other day, my roommate told me the only reason I am involved in schmooze is because it’s my excuse to make as many bad puns as I want. I thought about that for awhile. …
For some reason, on my mom’s side of the family, we have always celebrated Hanukkah with a piñata shaped like a Star of David. My grandparents would fill it with whatever candy they had in …
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