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I’m Not Cheap! A Yidele’s Battle Against Jewish Stereotypes
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 19:22 | 2 Comments
I’m Not Cheap! A Yidele’s Battle Against Jewish Stereotypes

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 …

A Goy Out of Water: A Non-Jewish President of AEPi?
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 19:13 | No Comment
A Goy Out of Water: A Non-Jewish President of AEPi?

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 …

Small and Mighty Hillels
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 18:57 | No Comment
Small and Mighty Hillels

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 …

Q&A With Tamir Goodman
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 18:47 | No Comment
Q&A With Tamir Goodman

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 …

Pay to B.A. in Yiddish?
Thursday, 11 Feb, 2010 – 18:29 | One Comment
Pay to B.A. in Yiddish?

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 …

Jews to Watch
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 18:59 | No Comment
Jews to Watch

Pedaling across the state? Creating an award-winning documentary? Chatting with Yoko Ono? That’s nothing for these mensches, who are changing the world one step at a time.
Alex White: Hitting the Right Notes, A College Grad’s …

Hitting the Right Notes: A College Grad’s Quest to Find the Next Big Sound
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 18:43 | One Comment
Hitting the Right Notes: A College Grad’s Quest to Find the Next Big Sound

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 …

Across the Universe: One Man’s Journey to Find Himself Through Music
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 17:55 | No Comment
Across the Universe: One Man’s Journey to Find Himself Through Music

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 …

Painting Outside the Lines: Who Says Judaism Can’t be Colorful?
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 17:45 | 2 Comments
Painting Outside the Lines: Who Says Judaism Can’t be Colorful?

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 …

Fighting the War on Drugs, One Reel at a Time
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 17:37 | 2 Comments
Fighting the War on Drugs, One Reel at a Time

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 …