2017-2018 175 results

Material published in 2017-2018 school year.

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A farewell to the UMD and Mitzpeh community

 By Jacqueline Hyman Editor-in-chief @jacqbh58 Two years ago, I wrote my first column as editor-in-chief of Mitzpeh about the direction we were headed -- an all-online publication with more social media and multimedia. I think we’ve done a ...
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America’s departure from Iran Nuclear Deal may mean trouble for Israel and its Middle Eastern neighbors

 By Rebecca Piassek For Mitzpeh @rebeccapiassek Views expressed in opinion columns are the author’s own. President Donald Trump announced his decision last week to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. The 2015 ...
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Backman’s Corner: Why doesn’t Shavuot have an image?

 By Eli Backman For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh Rosh Hashanah has the shofar, Hanukkah has the Menorah, even Pesach has Matzah. What does Shavuot have?  Hallmark is looking for what to put on their cards. Help?! In the Torah, (Leviticus 23:15-6) it ...
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Jew You Should Know: Jonathan Allen

 By Daniel Oyefusi For Mitzpeh @DanielOyefusi As a child, Jonathan Allen grew up in Aventura—a suburb roughly 18 miles north of Miami—as the son of a single mother who worked long shifts an hour away from their home. Because of his ...
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Argentina men’s national team urged not to play Israel

 By Constantine Martin For Mitzpeh @gusmartin321 Argentina’s men’s national soccer team, including FC Barcelona’s soccer mega-star Lionel Messi, has been urged by the boycott, divestment, sanctions movement to cancel its friendly match ...
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Maryland Hillel plans alternate graduation for second year in a row

 By Ben Cooper For Mitzpeh @ben_coops Maryland Hillel will hold its second-ever alternate graduation on May 17 to give Jewish students an option to attend a commencement not occurring on Shabbat or Shavuot. This university’s main commence...
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Escape to a land ‘flowing with milk and honey’ with the Dairy’s new kosher ice cream

 By Haleigh Whisted Staff writer @HaleighWhisted “Milk and Honey” is a new kosher ice cream flavor that will soon be served at Maryland Dairy, thanks to the head chef and a rabbi from Hillel. This ice cream was announced to the public on ...
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Palestinian newspaper endorses Jewish candidate in Maryland U.S. Senate election

 By Constantine Martin For Mitzpeh @gusmartin321 In an unprecedented move, the most popular newspaper in the Palestinian territories endorsed a Jewish candidate in a U.S. election. In April, Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds, which typically ...
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Guest column: Everybody has the right to know about cell phone radiation

 By Theodora Scarato For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh Views expressed in opinion columns are the author’s own. The Supreme Court is poised to consider an issue close to our hearts -- our cell phones. When we go in a store to buy a new cell ...
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The big send-off: seniors celebrate with drinks, food at Hillel’s beer garden

 By Ambriah Underwood For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh The impending graduation of students at this university was a bittersweet topic for seniors participating in Thursday’s beer garden event held at the Rosenbloom Hillel Center. As the second part of ...
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