Abortion is becoming a factor in Jewish students’ college choices By Jordan Greene, Forward Sep 22, 2022 Danny Tal is one of many Jewish high school seniors reconsidering their college application choices this fall in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to abortion. Tal, who attends Los Gatos High School, is considering schools across the country, but has crossed the College of Charleston off her list, since South… Read More
Profile Jewish-Asian college student grieves lost senior year, and so much more When her senior year at UC Berkeley was upended by the pandemic, Gen Xia Ye Slosberg started working on a very personal project: bringing together other… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Jun 2, 2021
Bay Area Pandemic high school grads, one year later A year ago, J. interviewed seven high school graduates as they were heading off to college or a gap year in the midst of the pandemic. Some were uncertain… By Gabriel Greschler May 24, 2021
U.S. Passover comes to Brandeis for the first time in history To prepare for Passover, Sam Greene is deep-cleaning his dorm room in keeping with the standards of his Orthodox Jewish family. Lena Ben-Gideon is… By Penny Schwartz, JTA Mar 25, 2021
Northern California Swastika and weapons found at Cal State Monterey UPDATED March 30, 1 p.m. When Cal State Monterey Bay graduate student Thomas Shefflette was arrested at his campus apartment in February on weapons… By Gabriel Greschler Mar 22, 2021
California UCLA anti-Israel resolution reveals rift among Jewish students The undergraduate student government organization at University of California, Los Angeles has unanimously passed a resolution calling on the UC system to… By Ryan Torok, Forward Mar 16, 2021
History What Greek life reveals about the price of Jewish assimilation Louis Marshall had little patience for Greek life. In a 1928 letter to the president of Tau Epsilon Phi, a Jewish fraternity, he called frats “an absurd… By Jess Schwalb, Alma Nov 2, 2020
Parenting The new normal is not normal, but the kids seem all right In some ways, the start of school this fall and the preparation leading up to it were similar to most other years: We did some school shopping, cleaned… By Julie Levine Sep 25, 2020
Bay Area Keeping college students connected during a pandemic When Covid-19 forced UC Berkeley to cancel in-person classes this semester, Rabbi Gil Leeds knew it meant that he, too, would not be able to hold… By Dan Pine Sep 24, 2020