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Issue 2, Number 3 (2018) Spring 2019
Dear reader,
I am Miriam Minsk, a Penn sophomore studying bioengineering and potentially minoring in Biological Basis of Behaviors. When I first arrived at Penn last year, I missed the opportunities I had to engage with Judaism and Israel at my Jewish high school. Luckily, Professor Heather Sharkey, who continues to be an outstanding mentor, suggested I work to revive Kedma. The magazine was founded in 2005 and last published in 2013 before the Spring, 2018, semester. I am excited to see Kedma continue to grow for our third issue, and I am ecstatic about the material you are about to read. Among this content is an essay about masculinity in the Singapore and Israeli militaries, a review of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, and a paper about the Judeo-Arabic language in Maghreb, a region in Northern Africa. This variety of content demonstrates the skills and interests of our diverse community at Penn. There is something in this journal for everyone, so please dig in, engage with the content, and let your friends or us know what you think. If you find a topic or idea missing, please let us know. We would love to publish your submissions too to better fulfill our mission of including as many views as we can. Happy reading!
Miriam Minsk
Articles
Halakhah Across Time and Space
Keren Stearns
A Case of Two Literary Identities in Harbin and Shanghai
Rachel Wechsler
Exhibit Review
Photography
Photo Collection: Honor, Remember, Reflect
Miriam Minsk

Editors-in-Chief:
Miriam Minsk
Essay Editors:
Noga Even
Sarah Goldfarb
Melanie Hilman
Maya Itkin-Ofer
Joshua Kadish
Celeste Marcus
Anna Naggar
Jonah Rose
Keren Stearns
Rachel Wechsler
Contributing Writers:
Simone Burde
Josh Kadish
Keren Stearns
Isaac Tham
Rachel Wechsler
Adam Zheleznyak
Contributing Artists:
Yarden Wiesenfeld
Faculty Advisor:
Heather Sharkey
Kedma is made possible by grants from The Jewish Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania. Special thanks to the Jewish Studies Program and its director, Professor Kathryn Hellerstein, for their support.
The views expressed in Kedma do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Pennsylvania Jewish Studies Program, its faculty, or of the journal’s staff.
Cover photo by Yarden Wiesenfeld.