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Issue 2, Number 4 (2019) Fall 2019
Dear reader,
Thank you for choosing to read our journal, Kedma. Kedma was founded on Penn’s campus in 2005 and last published in 2013 before the Spring 2018 semester when it was revived. Luckily, Professor Heather Sharkey, who continues to be an outstanding mentor, helped initiate Kedma’s revival. We now have the opportunity to publish the work of undergrads across campus on a variety of topics, from commentary on Jewish religious practices to modern-day Israeli culture. We are excited to see Kedma continue to grow for our fourth issue and are ecstatic about the material you are about to read.
Among this content is an essay about the growing vegan industry in Israel, a review of Jessica Marglin’s Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco, and a paper exploring the impacts of Fauda, a Netflix-original television show about an elite unit in the Israel Defense Forces, on Israeli and Palestinian viewers. 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!
Noga Even & Miriam Minsk
Articles
Israel: Vegan Capital of the World
Kelsey Gross
Then, Now, and Lots of Room for Tomorrow: A Comparative Analysis of Female Intellectual Ambition in Jewish Society
Shalva Gozland
Catalyst and Prosecutor of a Forbidden Love: The Landscape of Haifa in Dearest Anne
Qingyang (Freya) Zhou
Book Review
Book Review: Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco
Sarah Abbasi Abbasi
Photography
Boots on the Ground and Israelight
Shalva Gozland
Photo Collection: Jewish Synagogues in Prague
Miriam Minsk

Editors-in-Chief:
Noga Even
Miriam Minsk
Essays Editors:
Sarah Goldfarb
Melanie Hilman
Anna Naggar
Keren Stearns
Rachel Wechsler
Qingyang (Freya) Zhou
Contributing Writers:
Sarah Abbasi
Noga Even
Shalva Gozland
Kelsey Gross
Maya Itkin-Ofer
Qingyang (Freya) Zhou
Contributing Artists:
Shalva Gozland
Miriam Minsk
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.