Published on page 59 of the Fall 2011 issue of Leviathan.
Good Intentions Co.
By Zora Raskin Zora Raskin a junior majoring in Community Studies and Feminist Studies. She is currently on her field study in New Orleans, working with a prison industrial complex abolition organization called Critical Resistance. The following words are excerpts…
Dear Abbyraham
By Aaron Giannini Dear Abbyraham is a column in which anyone can write questions or voice their opinions pertaining to Judaism and Jewish issues. Well, not anyone. Not illiterates. Although, they could get someone to write for them. But I…
Random Ramblings X: The Friendly Neighborhood Jew’s Farewell
By Robbie Pleasant Well, dear readers, this is it. This is the last Random Ramblings From Your Friendly Neighborhood Jew that I’ll write. It’s amazing how what started out in my first issue as a quick way to fill my…
Jewish Xylem and Academic Phloem: My Life as a Plant Physiologist
By Lauren Spitz After living my entire life in or around Philadelphia (and college in upstate New York), I got accepted to graduate school at UC Santa Cruz. I was excited to relive the epic tale of the forefathers of…
My Jewish Grandfather: The Life of Leo
By Robbie Pleasant Take a moment to think of some historically influential Jews. You may think of Woody Allen, Elie Wiesel, or Albert Einstein. The first person I think of, however, is not anyone you’ll see in history books, but…
On Wings
By Rachel Starr-Glass “Lech lecha me’artzecha mi’moladetech u’mebeit avicha el ha’aretz asher arecha.” -(Gen. 12:1). Just as Avraham, our first patriarch was told; I too heard this startling commandment. “Go to you from your land, from your birth place, and…
Dear Abbyraham
By Aaron Giannini Dear Abbyraham is a witty, intelligent and beautiful column that answers your chosen questions about (and/or relating to) the Chosen People. I choose the questions though. Does that make me G-d? I would say it’s up for…
Random Ramblings From Your Friendly Neighborhood Jew: Episode 9
By Robbie Pleasant I have writer’s block. I know you can see that there are still plenty of things written in this article, and so you’re reading on in the knowledge that something has been said, but that’s in the…
Starting Off Strong Like the Losing Horse
By Aaron White I walked into mediocrity like a rich man his inheritance. the awkward way I present myself manifests itself—in My words— endlessly scribbled in notebooks, on napkins, and on walls always fading. blown away by the words of…