Purim celebrations undimmed despite growing COVID-19 concerns
By Laina S. Miller
For Mitzpeh
@LainaSMiller
Purim, celebrated this year on Monday evening and Tuesday, arrived in the midst of the growing international COVID-19 outbreak. Traditional celebrations, including parties, gatherings for the reading of the Book of Esther and sharing of gifts, triggered confusion and fear in the face of ...
Despite lack of tradition, students describe Purim party at Stamp as huge success
By Char Freedberg
News editor
@CfreeOfficial
This university’s Purim celebration was filled with the usual things one would find at a Purim celebration: food, noisemakers, an upbeat mood and costumes galore.
The holiday celebrates one of many instances in Jewish history when someone tried to kill Jews but did not succeed. The STAMP ...
Cupcake Wars: Competing for a cause
By Lisa Woolfson
Staff writer
@Mitzpeh
If you had walked through the doors of Hillel at lunchtime last Sunday, you would have passed through a sea of white sweatshirts with cupcakes printed on them. If you walked further into the building, you would have seen tables full of plain cupcakes and different colored frostings and toppings just ...
JHacks teaches computer science skills through education-themed competition
By Mohan Xu
@XuMohan1
For Mitzpeh
JHacks, a 24-hour hackathon, was held in the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering for the first time on February 15 and 16.
Ayelet Senderowicz, a junior chemical engineering major and president of JHacks, said that 191 people registered this year and 104 people checked in. “Histo...
College basketball’s only permanent kosher food stand thrives at Xfinity Center
By Elie Kern
For Mitzpeh
@ElieKern
In any college basketball stadium, traditional food stands sell food such as hot dogs, pretzels and popcorn. At the Xfinity Center, one stand sells all of these items and more, with one noteworthy distinction: an entirely kosher menu.
Testudo’s Kosher Korner was founded by Rabbi Eli Backman, this ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Danielle Galitzer and Ben Yehuda
By Yakira Cohen
Features editor
@CohenYakira
On Sunday afternoon, senior special education major Danielle Galitzer walked into Dunkin’ sporting a hat and sunglasses. Following the instructions on a cryptic email she received last week, she sat down at a table and waited: half-blind from the getup and fully blind about the events that would ...
Hate-Bias Response panel traces origins of Islamophobia in America
By Laina Sara Miller
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
The Hate-Bias Response Program finished their semester of panels about racism on Thursday, Nov. 14, with “Deconstructing Islamophobia.”
Co-sponsored by the Muslim Alliance for Social Change, this panel did not only focus on the more obvious forms of hatred and racism directed at Muslims in ...
Food insecure Jewish students lack affordable, kosher dining options
By Lisa Woolfson
Staff writer
@lswoolf3
Around one in every five students at this university is food insecure, according to a Counseling Center study reported in the Diamondback last year. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, being food insecure means not having enough regular access to food for a healthy, active life.
18% of ...
