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Student Views

Student Views

A student’s take on the world, written by the JC's student bloggers, Asha Sumroy, Jamie Rodney and Orli West, along with other guests.

Latest from Student Views

Don’t mix your soul with university work.

Asha Sumroy is one of the JC's regular student bloggers for 2017-18. She is studying at Durham University.

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Don’t mix your soul with university work.

Would you wear a kippah at university?

Would you wear a kippah at university?

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I can’t listen to Lorde any more

I can’t listen to Lorde any more

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New Year's Eve should be more than a night out

New Year's Eve should be more than a night out

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Let's make next year, THE year

Student blogger Orli West looks ahead to 2018, resolving to make resolutions that count

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December 28, 2017 15:09

Let's make next year, THE year

Maybe I'm not such a sceptic after all

Jamie Rodney finds himself singing Chanukah songs down the phone - to his own surprise.

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December 19, 2017 10:31

Maybe I'm not such a sceptic after all

Christmas and Chanukah: the best of both worlds

Student blogger Asha Sumroy tells us about her family's particularly inclusive take on the holiday season

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December 12, 2017 17:16

Christmas and Chanukah: the best of both worlds

What makes you, you?

Student blogger Orli West on what it means when we talk about who we are

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December 5, 2017 21:04

What makes you, you?

Aspiring to fulfil the stereotype

Student blogger Jamie Rodney on the myth of Jewish intelligence, and the reality of Jewish guilt

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November 28, 2017 11:51

Aspiring to fulfil the stereotype

The secret that talmudic scholars have to teach every student

Student blogger Asha Sumroy on a late night revelation that every student needs to know about

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November 21, 2017 15:06

The secret that talmudic scholars have to teach every student

How to stand up to campus antisemitism

Student blogger Orli West on an issue facing every Jewish undergraduate

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November 14, 2017 14:21

How to stand up to campus antisemitism

I feel guilty about my Jewish disconnect

Where are my Jewish friends, asks Jamie Rodney

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November 6, 2017 12:17

I feel guilty about my Jewish disconnect

Two heads are better than one

Can anyone really keep their focus during student lectures, asks Asha Sumroy?

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October 30, 2017 16:01

Two heads are better than one

Our new JC student bloggers

Meet the three winners

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October 30, 2017 15:36

Our new JC student bloggers

I'm breaking away from my comfort zone

I am a fish leaving his pond to go completely out of water, writes Noah Libson

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October 19, 2017 13:25

I'm breaking away from my comfort zone

We need to be proud of who we are

I will continue to stick my principles, on Judaism and Israel, writes Orli West

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October 9, 2017 14:28

We need to be proud of who we are

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