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Tag: Safe Spaces

0 Culture Education

Efforts to protect younger Jews are backfiring.

Joshua Hoffman in Future of Jewish · 25 Sep

Many young Jews today appear to lack resilience due to protective environments that prioritize safe spaces, inhibiting their ability to confront challenges, including antisemitism.

0 Education Gender/Identity

What Moving Traditions has learned about teens and Israel

Rachel Kohn in eJewishPhilanthropy · 4 Mar

Moving Traditions has discovered that many Jewish teens feel unequipped or hesitant to discuss Israel due to a lack of knowledge about its complex history or fear of judgment for their opinions.

0 Education Communities

Jewish ‘safe spaces’ are not the answer

Rachel Kohn in eJewishPhilanthropy · 12 Jan

Prominent Jewish leaders have called for Jewish students and donors to abandon Ivy League universities due to campus antisemitism and other problems in higher education.

0 Culture Gender/Identity

No Home Away From Home

Josh Marcus in Tablet · 26 Jun 2020

The article explores the unique environment of Jewish summer camps as spaces that historically aimed to cultivate Jewish identity and provide an Americanized experience.

0 Antisemitism Education

Enough Is Enough

Carly Pildis in Tablet · 18 Apr 2019

The article discusses the rise of Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on college campuses, where events often promote BDS and target Jewish students, creating fear, intimidation, and anxiety among them.

0 Culture Jewish Law

Let My People Go: Ep 72

Unorthodox · 29 Dec 2016

In this episode of Unorthodox, biblical scholar Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg discusses her exploration of Moses's life, delving into lesser-known aspects such as his speech impediment, while linguist John McWhorter examines contemporary linguistic trends and the idea of 'safe spaces.'