Misha Mansoor

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My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

During my childhood Dad was unsmiling and only spoke when when it was strictly necessary. Now he is a chaos merchant – with a cheeky grin

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My father’s new-found chutzpah is causing mayhem

"I've suffered enough": Misha's mum and dad; her five children and (inset) the writer with her goyfriend

Our Passover in Israel is off, so everyone’s at my place for lunch. What could possibly go wrong?

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Celebrating nature: all Eilat needs is more visitors

Come to sunny Eilat – it’s got everything...except tourists

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Loud and proud: in Israel, Misha can wear her Magen David without fear

There’s only one place I feel safe wearing my Magen David. Can you guess where?

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Why I don’t want to see in the new year with my non-Jewish boyfriend

Chag evenings at my parents’ are always a bit bonkers, but at Rosh Hashanah they get really wild

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September 22, 2025 12:33

Why I don’t want to see in the new year with my non-Jewish boyfriend

Bringing home the folks – dead or alive...

Going on holiday with my parents but without travel insurance nearly cost me very dearly indeed

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August 31, 2025 20:43

Bringing home the folks – dead or alive...

Vacationing like Canada’s rich and royal on the lakes of Muskoka

Misha Mansoor loses track of time in luxury lakeside cottages at one of Canada’s most popular holiday destinations for the affluent – and a growing number of Jewish guests

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August 26, 2025 17:15

One of Jayne's Luxury Cottage Rentals, a property on the lake in Muskoka, Canada. (Photo: Jayne's Luxury Rentals)

How I wish I could let rip about golems, nebechs and nebbishes on ‘Kvetch FM’

Misha Mansoor pleads the case for an ‘agony aunt’ radio station exclusively for Jewish kvetching

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July 25, 2025 10:56

How I wish I could let rip about golems, nebechs and nebbishes on ‘Kvetch FM’

It feels like my Jewish hood is going back in time

In some wards of Hackney, 90 per cent of births are to Charedi women. What was once a genuinely diverse area now feels less so

2 min read

June 6, 2025 14:27

It takes a village: Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill

How my potty Passover family holiday became a joyful Jew-bubble

This is my third all-inclusive, all-Jew, all-kosher-for-Pesach getaway and I’m happy to share that even the bad bits (how long you got?) have their silver lining

3 min read

April 17, 2025 15:17

Split decisions: Misha and family in Croatia's second-largest city

Mum, Dad, you ruined my childhood Purims!

If I’d come from a middle-class Jewish family with competitive parents, it would all been so different...

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March 10, 2025 18:12

One trick pony: Misha at Simon Marks Jewish Primary School and the getups she'd like to have worn

That time my parents’ car broke down outside a mosque in the middle of a Hamas-Israel war

As the vehicle ground to a sudden halt, the Red Alert siren that blared out air-raid warnings when Israel was under attack started wailing on my mother’s phone...

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January 30, 2025 14:52

Planning a flight to Israel? Don’t book until you’ve read our writers’ recent experiences

From heightened (and humourless) security measures at Ben Gurion to a less-than-optimal new direct flight from Manchester, Israel travel comes at a cost

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November 7, 2024 13:13