Published on page 59 of the Fall 2011 issue of Leviathan.
Notes from Ramallah: The Downside of Independence
By Prescott Watson I am a junior studying Economics and Latin American Latino Studies. I traveled to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this September, during a tumultuous time in the peace process; it was my first time there. Leaving Ramallah…
Poetry
By Robin Liepman I’m not going to be able to pull this off (attempts to pull off face…) It’s unstable, strange, and I can’t seem to find the purpose. But I’m stuck with it. It wraps around me constantly, producing…
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…
The Real Threat of Anti-Semitism
By Antaeus Edelsohn Here at UC Santa Cruz, set in the heart of a redwood forest, the air tinged with the faint aroma of marijuana and a general ‘laissez faire’ attitude, it is hard to imagine anti-Semitism being a current…
An Open Letter to Israel Law Center: Why we should worry about the hotline to monitor anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activity on college campuses
By Savyonne Steindler Dear Israel Law Center, While aimlessly perusing the Jerusalem Post, I came across an article that directly relates to Jewish American university students like me: “Israel Law Center hotline to monitor campus anti-Semitism,” by Joanna Paraszczuk.1 In this…
Behind Between Two Worlds: An Exclusive Interview with Kaufman-Snitow Productions
By Shani Chabansky It’s easy to tell when you’re about to really click with someone; they say just what you’re thinking, they wear what you might wear yourself, everything seems to shout “new friend!” Such was my experience with Deborah…
The Price of Freedom: The Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange
By Karin Gold On the night of October 17th 2011, I sat down at my computer and tried to find whatever news I could find on the release of Gilad Shalit. While attempting to find a news website that could…
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…
Letter from the Editor – Fall 2011
And all at once it came to me and I wrote and hunched ‘til four-thirty But that vestal light, it burns out with the night In spite of all the time that we spend on it, on one bedraggled ghost…