Category
Teens
Time to come down from ‘The Hills’
Hollywood is not heaven. People give up their lives to move to Hollywood and try to make it big, and 99 percent of them fail.
Necessary tactics in ‘War on Terror’
I feel it is of the utmost importance for teens to get involved in politics and be informed about important issues that deal with the war on terror. If we as teenagers stay informed, we will have the knowledge to make the correct choices in the future
Thanks, Cal State — thanks a lot
When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?
Looking upon the flag
The flag is like a tallit. The tallit envelops us in a physical connection to God and to the Jewish people.
Ashtrays and Diet Coke
Your hearty laughs were rare, but you could always make me laugh.You gave me happiness even when you were deprived of it.
An unexpected family in Netanya
Watching the children cry, clinging to us and begging us not to leave, I realized the power of selfless giving, an experience I had not discovered before this volunteer opportunity.
A lesson in listening
I was partnered with a woman who, before she even really met me, thanked me for just showing up as a volunteer. She was homeless in San Francisco and felt that she had nowhere to turn before she found Project Homeless Connect. As I walked her to the housing information stand, she displayed thorough delight that somebody was beside her to hear all that she had to say. It seemed as if very few people, or none, had bothered to listen to her full story.
Cambodia’s killing fields revisited
I can vividly remember the first time I visited the Museum of Tolerance, in seventh grade. Not personally knowing anyone who had survived the Holocaust, I had been shielded from the grisly details of World War II.