Is TikTok anti-Semitic?
By Riley Kijek
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
In recent weeks, TikTok, the world’s newest globally renowned social media hub, has been criticized for having anti-Semitism content throughout the app's videos and comments. While no uprising against the app is necessary, there are some issues worth analyzing.
The anti-Semitic attitude ...
Corona Connects steps up during COVID-19
By Ashkan Motamedi
For Mitzpeh
@coolswagjay
When Elana Sichel, a senior management major, wanted to help people struggling amid COVID-19 last April, she faced many barriers to finding opportunities. That's how she and her friend Hadassah Raskas, an alum of the University of Pennsylvania who studied public health and consumer ...
HRCT party brings Jewish students together around food, friends
By Mohan Xu
For Mitzpeh
@XuMohan1
Hillel’s Reshaping Community Togetherness initiative (HRCT), a Jewish organization founded last semester by students Talya Gordon and Jesse Vaknin, held its debut party of the semester last Saturday night in Terrapin Row.
HRCT, which is under the umbrella of Maryland Hillel but also operates indepen...
College Park eruv: a border, a loophole, a necessity for Shabbat
By Tom Hart
Staff writer
@Mitzpeh
There is a border surrounding this university’s campus -- not maintained by a government, but instead by a group of individuals carrying on an ancient tradition.
The College Park eruv encircles the campus and portions of adjacent neighborhoods to form a loophole in Shabbat rules that makes ...
