| There are no boards of trustees, no mainstream institutions, no big donors, no elections | Mostly, though, they serve as gathering places for students who, for one reason or another, feel alienated from groups like Hillel — or are just looking for less supervised and more organic Jewish community on campus |
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| More than 90 students from 29 schools will gather at Brown University later this month for a conference organized by JOOOT , a network of independent Jewish communities on college campuses that was founded earlier this year | Koach lives and gardens with their wife, LaJuana on Lenni-Lenape Land in Philadelphia where he is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College |
What can be gained from finding alternatives to policing? For years, college campuses have been the battleground for hot-button issues in the Jewish community like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
14| Such a Seder could not be held at Hillel because it was co-sponsored by a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which supports BDS, the boycott-Israel campaign | Here are some powerful mantras which are said to attract love with a small guide as to how they should be chanted and when |
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| We are creating a space for people who do not necessarily fit into these prominent narratives at Hillel about what being Jewish means | As a long-time collector of zines of many stripes, our Editor is excited to spotlight a series of their favorite independently published zines throughout the holiday |
Workers in a Jewish museum in the city had stored Torahs and other valuables from synagogues that had been shut down following the German occupation.
| They are a proud Judaism on Our Own Terms JOOOT alum and former board member | Many of our most successful programs have been conceived and led by our student leaders and we encourage all students to design and participate in Hillel experiences that reflect their communities |
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| As co-founder August Kahn told me, Nishmat allows students to show up as their full selves | By compiling rituals, educational materials, meditations, recipes, stories, and songs, we hoped to craft a sense of sacred community while our holidays look vastly different this season |
JOOOT, or Judaism on Our Own Terms, is a national movement of independent campus Jewish organizations committed to promoting student self-governance and radical inclusivity — both on our individual campuses and in the wider Jewish community.
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