Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Photo courtesy of FootballSchedule, Flickr As most of the country is now aware, a provocative and controversial movement has been taking place during NFL games recently. On Aug. 14, Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers made the radical decision to sit down as the United States national anthem played […]
Photo courtesy of Chad J McNeeley, Wikipedia s a voter trying to make the most informed decision possible when voting for the next President of the United States, the health of the candidates is definitely of valid concern to me. When choosing a candidate to support, I want to be […]
Photo courtesy of WyoFileWyoFile, Flickr Politics is a dangerous territory that is best to be avoided. In the case of a presidential election, however, it is inevitable to be drawn into the race, joining the rest of the nation in scrutinizing the candidates and their actions. Marking the 58th quadrennial election […]
Photo Courtesy of United States Congress, Wikipedia College kids love free stuff. Ask around and you will find that if free food or prizes are offered at an event, people will go even if they are not interested in the actual theme. More often than not, when lounging about with […]
We at Ramapo Hillel are deeply disappointed by the attempt to paint our recent Israeli soldiers program as propaganda. The program, which featured Israeli soldiers sharing their personal experiences, was intended to build relationships with our Israeli peers and to offer an alternative narrative to the widespread misrepresentation of Israeli […]
In 2013, the Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas brought into question the policy of affirmative action as it applied to admissions into college. In this case, the court decided to ultimately reinforce the precedent established in Grutter v. Bollinger with race serving as one consideration in […]
Photo Courtesy of Bill Ebbesen, Wikipedia Bruce Springsteen is my all-time favorite musician. I still remember the first time I heard one of his songs — I was in my dad’s truck and he put Bruce Springsteen’s “Greatest Hits” album into the CD player. He played the song “The River” […]
On April 11, the Ramapo Hillel club, in conjunction with Hillel of Northern New Jersey hosted a visit from Israeli soldiers to discuss their experiences in the Israeli Defense Force. This event opened with an introduction from an organizer from StandWithUs, a pro-Israel organization that funds the Israeli Soldiers’ Stories […]
Photo Courtesy of United States Congress, Wikipedia Undoubtedly, the presidential primaries are the most heated topic in the news today. Candidates are busy promoting themselves and proving to the public their visions and qualifications for the job. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton recently “questioned” each other’s qualifications for the presidency. […]
Photo Courtesy of Bryan Calabro, Wikipedia “PENIS / VAGINA:” Those words were largely written in bright red marker on the whiteboard of my freshman sex education class. My teacher smacked his hand dramatically under “PENIS,” looking out to the blushing, giggling faces of his students. As casually as one could, […]
