About Ashley Tedesco
Ashley is a senior at Fordham University studying journalism, creative writing and Jewish studies. She was raised Catholic and has only recently begun getting in touch with her "Jewish roots." She currently serves as editor of the Fordham Observer blog, The Observatory, but her claim to fame is still as a former Jewcy editorial intern.
When not ending up in every new Jewcy headquarters, she can be found hanging out in the RA on duty office, crocheting, or taking 8 hour naps in mid-afternoon.
Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/_ashleylauren.
Jewcy Talks to “Guru” Guru Wendy Shanker
Author and comedienne Wendy Shanker made her audience laugh, cry, and above all, praise her talent with The Fat Girl’s Guide to Life, which was released by Bloomsbury USA in the spring of 2004 and has been subsequently released in … Read More
The Big Jewcy: Sarah Lefton, Founder of G-dcast
A proponent of a new way of teaching Jewish ideas, Sarah Lefton describes herself in five words as, "OMG-D lemme show you something!" Which is exactly that you’ll say when you visit G-dcast, a tool that uses short videos with … Read More
The Big Jewcy: Jacob Berkman, The Fundermentalist
As his alter ego on the JTA blog, The Fundermentalist, Jacob Berkman gives us all the dirt on Jews who get and give money to other Jews. We like to think of him as the Page Six of the Jewish … Read More
The Big Jewcy: Jesse Sposato, Founder and Editor of Sadiemagazine.com
Jesse Spostato, who describes herself in just one word as "sassy," involves herself in anything she can that leads to a sense of empowerment and strikes a balance between physical and mental stimulation. She launched Sadie Magazine and runs it … Read More
The Big Jewcy: Rabbi Maurice Appelbaum of the Greenpoint Shul in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Maurice Appelbaum wasn’t always certain he wanted to be a rabbi, but he knew he wanted to be a teacher and a psychologist while incorporating his passion for Judaism. "I put the three together and it equals rabbi," he said. … Read More
The Big Jewcy: Joshua Lambert, Faculty Fellow at New York University
Joshua Lambert, who finished his Ph.D. in English literature at the University of Michigan last year, has dedicated himself to the study Jews and obscenity and the transformative roles Jews played in 20th century American culture. "In general, people should … Read More
Playing Hard to Get with Religion: Feigning Disgust with the National Day of Prayer
Today is the first Thursday in May, which means it’s the National Day of Prayer. In mid-April, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb deemed the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional because "its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage … Read More
Smut for Smut: College Students Trading Bibles for Porn
Students at the University of Texas – San Antonio supporting a student organization dubbed the Atheist Agenda, are in an active bartering process on campus: free porn to trade in those dusty old bibles. After all, it’s "Smut for Smut," … Read More