New Voices

8 min read 2021-12-29 01:58:30

Depressed Jew Takes A Name

Content note for mentions of suicide. I haven’t been swimming in years, but from what I remember, the feeling of floating above the water,

10 min read 2021-12-20 23:53:36

Niels Truman loves Christmas. He spends it in Palm Springs with his extended family in a Danish style, and has never questioned his relationship to

5 min read 2021-12-17 02:34:01

Editor JB Braeger’s zine, Doykeit, which in yiddish translates to “hereness,” is a living document. Brager describes the weight the zine holds,

7 min read 2021-12-08 23:34:18

In Kindergarten, I was assigned an at-home family heritage project. The project required that students work with their parents to put the flags

5 min read 2021-12-01 00:47:53

Welcome to Dear Jewish Queeries, an advice column by and for Queer Jews through New Voices Magazine! You can submit your own questions for queer

1 min read 2021-11-25 21:59:11

As many American Jews gather with friends and family today, we remember that Thanksgiving is a day of grieving for millions of Indigenous people

1 min read 2021-11-24 23:18:45

Chabad.org has to be one of the most commonly cited and linked-to websites when reading informative texts or explanations about Judaism. However,

1 min read 2021-11-18 05:04:20

The first Friday of November I sat in a deli chatting with a friend about two things. The first was the place itself. A sign behind the counter

1 min read 2021-11-10 04:19:02

On October 7, the Union for Reform Judaism sent out an email to their mailing list titled “An Important Update for Our URJ Community.” As I

1 min read 2021-11-05 01:31:52

God sent two angels to Sodom, to warn Lot of the city’s impending destruction. They told him to take his family and to get out while they could. As

1 min read 2021-10-26 01:37:36

Welcome to the Jewish Underground Press! With Hanukka beginning next month on November 28th, our Jewish zine review columnst Miranda Sullivan gives

1 min read 2021-10-21 22:29:08

Arabic. Ladino. Albanian. Greek. Bulgarian. Italian. Serbian. Persian. These are a few languages spoken in Salonika, a thriving city in modern-day

1 min read 2021-09-27 21:52:06

Ani aḥot ḳetannah shelakhen/m / I am your little sister. I have to move out. I have to get out. Everything is small, and closing in around me.

1 min read 2021-09-15 20:50:12

This year my Rabbi and other leaders stood in front of our community and showed us the Shofar. They told us what it would say if it could talk: The

1 min read 2021-09-15 01:28:38

The old rabbis say we must put salt on our challah before we say the blessing on Shabbat, to remind us that the world is built on longing. When