March 1978
Volume 1 Issue 1 June 2004
Remember
By Avery Weinman In a beginning there were endless golden days in a land flowing with milk and honey We basked in the presence of prophets and kings Worshiped at great Temples built by the majesty of God Walked hand…
A Glance into a Synagogue in Copenhagen
By Natalie Friedman On my way to the library in Copenhagen, Denmark I spontaneously stopped to look at a reflective plate in front of a synagogue. On a gold plate, there was an engraved Jewish star. I watched an elegant…
What I Can’t Say Out Loud
By Jessica Moreno * An idea from another member in Leviathan sparked my memory about this piece that I previously wrote for a creative writing class, which I am about to dive into. This member and peer started to…
Tips for Traveling
By Natalie Friedman I recently attended a JCC (Jewish Community Center) event in Los Gatos, titled “Jewbilee.” My favorite part was the keynote presentation. The principal, Rabbi Darren Kleinberg of Kehillah Jewish High School was interviewed by Rabbi High Seid-Valencia…
Politics and the Islamophobic Lingo
By Victoria Lang After the bedlam incited by President Trump’s ill-contrived immigration ban, a word, which I presumed to have withered slowly away, re-entered to my occasional political conversations. I’m speaking of the obtuse construct: Islamophobia. To discuss the word…
Winter 2017
Where Do I Belong: Being the Immigrant of my Family
By Rose Teplitz When I was young and told the other children at school that one of my ancestors came to America from the Mayflower, they looked at my almond-shaped eyes, my long black hair, and laughed. “You can’t…
Fake News
By Wesley Whittlesey Growing up, I was typically a boy who would stay away from the news and politics. To me, reading the news seemed like it was merely people wanting to get any kind of story published for a…