New Voices

In his role as D.C. bureau chief, associate editor and freelance writer at New Voices, Zach published 43 articles on the 2012 U.S. presidential election, American Jewish community, Israeli-American politics.

Feature Articles

• Spiritual High: Rabbi Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensary in D.C.
• URJ college plan: lofty goals, no details
• Beinart goes to college
• AIPAC’s youngest lobbyists
• Welcome to The Mountaintop: MLK Monument Recalls When Blacks, Jews Marched Together
• The gay Jews come to AU
  • Gay Jews Meet AU [NULJS Conference]

Presidential Election 2012

• The Iowa eight, Ron Paul and the student vote
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy
  Conference (AIPAC)
  • Have a Super (Jewish) Tuesday [AIPAC 2012]
  • Jewish Student Interrupts AIPAC Session [AIPAC 2012]
  • Obama at AIPAC: “I Have Israel’s Back” [AIPAC 2012]
  • AIPAC vs. Occupy AIPAC [AIPAC 2012]
• Running on Religion to the White House [Campaign 2012]
• Ron Paul’s biggest (Jewish student) fan
• Meet Anna Epstein, a Jew for Romney
• Your (Republican?) grandparents pick Romney [Florida!]
• School is for ‘snobs’ [Politics]
• Santorum in a Jewish frat? Emphasis on the ‘-ish’
• Santorum Wiped Clean and Brushed Aside [GOP 2012]
• Thanks for watching ‘Wipeout’ on ABC. Stay tuned for the debate!

Union of Reform Judaism Biennial

• A place for college students in Reform Judaism? [URJ Biennial, day 1]
• Pay students to get students to be Jewish, Hillel says [URJ Biennial, day 2]
• Obama Tells D’Var Torah, Defends Israel Record [URJ Biennial, day 3]

Israel Discourse (and Discord) on Campus

• College Students Flood J Street Conference [J Street 2012]
• Kanazi: “This Poem Will Not End Apartheid” [Israeli Apartheid
  Week]
• Discussing the analogy of the week [Israeli Apartheid Week]
• Lower tuition… yay! Israel and Iran… meh… [State of the
  Students]
• Students on hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner

General News

• On Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at Monmouth University’s commencement: On campus to applause, for a change
• Commencement Round-up [Graduation]
• Obama To Honor Famous Jews and Righteous Gentile
  [Mazel Tov!]
• Obama visits Holocaust museum [News]
• College Students Flood J Street Conference [J Street 2012]
• Hillel president on his salary and number of Facebook friends

Blog items

• Figure Skating to ‘Schindler’s List’ Should be Welcomed
• Costa Rica Defends its Jewish Record Against…?
• From Costa Rica to Israel
• Is American University 25% Jewish? Or 12%?
• Sammy’s Palestinian brother
• Passover Rhapsody [Video]
• “Obamulkes”
• New Voices on Al-Jazeera (for real this time) [Self-Promotion]
• Al Jazeera: take 2 [Self-promotion]