The swordfish debate: Is it kosher?
By Emilia Hofman
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
Despite being Jewish, my family and I have never been concerned with keeping kosher. Truthfully, a week ago, if someone had asked me if I knew of the debate occurring in the Jewish community in regard to ...
Remembering Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Sacks the Bridge Builder
Dr. Scott Lasensky
@scottlasensky
As the Jewish world mourns the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former U.K. Chief Rabbi, my thoughts have lingered on his extraordinary legacy of bridge-buildin...
Backman’s Corner: Positive Perspectives
By Rabbi Eli Backman
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
“Yankel, are you a glass half full or half empty kind of guy?”
Yankel thought a moment and said, “To be honest, I’m usually a where is my glass kind of guy.”
Whatever hand life deals ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Akiva Glashofer and Ariella Wolf
By Yakira Cohen
Editor-in-chief
@CohenYakira
What happens when you throw two junior mechanical engineering majors into a blind date at a closed coffee shop on the craziest day of the craziest year?
Mitzpeh Matchmaker had to find out, ...
A socially-distanced SHABBAM brings Jewish students together
By Nira Dayanim
Staff writer
@Mitzpeh
On Friday night, almost 800 students got together at over 80 different Shabbat dinners across campus. Also known as "SHABBAM" or "Shabbat Across Maryland," this Hillel-hosted event has brought students ...
Hillel brings a taste of Israel to students’ homes
By: Paige Maizes
@MaizesPaige
For Mitzpeh
This university’s Hillel Israel Fellow Sapir Frieman, 28, led an Israeli Zoom cooking class on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m., as part of Hillel International's weekly virtual cooking ...
Students celebrate a socially distant Sukkot
By: Sarah Dilworth
@worthsomedills
For Mitzpeh
Students and campus groups at this university found inventive ways to continue celebratory traditions despite the limits on in-person campus events.
Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the ...
