Health Care

Personally, I love the idea of universal health care… But I have been accused of being a socialist. Is that really a bad thing? Why is socialism still a dirty word in America?

Stones

We were in Lauren’s house -
the area of the lakefront shaded by tall oaks.
The flat rocks that hugged the sand
were Lauren’s furniture.

Does anything make a Jew prouder…

A star of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” raps about his bar mitzvah and strong Jewish identity.

Are Jewish boys in crisis?

JTA says ‘yes,’ but if they are, no one told me.

My Internship

I returned from my freshman year at Emory University in Atlanta a couple weeks ago. Today is the second day of my summer internship here at the NJ Jewish News. Around 9:30 a.m., I nervously — and excitedly — drove to the JCC in Whippany, where the NJJN office is located. Wearing a black skirt/gray [...]

At the clinic

You have to understand
you have to understand but you can’t understand
you don’t have the capacity to understand
because you’re not old enough to understand

Stop Giving Excuses to Not Inform Yourself!

I’m really disappointed that so many of my fellow Nu board members say they haven’t informed themselves about the issues because they’re only 16 or 17. So you can’t vote this year. Neither can I, but that doesn’t mean that I lock myself in my room, cover my head with a pillow, and refuse to [...]

This I (don’t) believe

I’m pretty much your typical Jewish girl. I live in Livingston, I belong to a Conservative synagogue, I work out at the JCC.

I spent eight years at a Hebrew day school and nine summers at a YMHA camp. I wear a Jewish star (a bat mitzvah present) around my neck.

But here’s the catch: I don’t believe in God.

Hey there, Jewish teens!

Yes, I know that’s a corny title for my blog entry. But I’m feeling corny right now. I’m excited to have a public blog! I never got into the blogging scene before, but now that the writers of Nu were all asked to blog, I’m pretty happy about it. It’s just another way for me [...]