Mission Statement
Established in 2011 by students of Yeshiva University, The Beacon is a non-profit online publication for and by Modern Orthodox Jewish college students across the globe. The Beacon aims to reflect the wide range of opinions and ideas within the Modern Orthodox community, and is designed to allow comfortable room for all voices to be heard. The purpose of The Beacon is to provide a platform for young Modern Orthodox Jews to explore topics of interest to the changing world of Judaism, Orthodoxy, and their own lives in a balanced, fair manner, allowing all sides of any matter a chance to be expressed, as well as opening up conversations about global and local issues, from world news to neighborhood arts and culture. The Beacon is committed to the goal of free speech, but never at the price of ad hominem attacks.
A word about our comments section: The Beacon has chosen to provide a comments section to foster debate and conversation among our readers. Comments that abuse this privilege and resort to character attacks or personal insults are subject to removal.
How We Work
We have six main sections— Opinions, Columns, Features, Arts & Culture, The Written Word, and Shma Minah—as well as supplementary sections, such as Polls, daily Zmanim, and weather. We have an issue every fortnight; that is, we publish articles every other Monday, in addition to posting time-sensitive articles as soon as we have them.
We are open to your ideas and submissions, so feel free to contact us at contact@yubeacon.com, or email each editor directly at the addresses listed on this page.
Read on and enjoy!
