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.
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.
Would you wear a kippah at university?
Student blogger Orli West is inspired by her friend and the way he tries to represent Jews on campus
Why I can’t listen to Lorde any more
If you’re not accustomed to feeling under cultural siege, it’s nigh-on impossible for you to understand someone who is
New Year's Eve should be more than just another night out
Student blogger Asha Sumroy reflects on why she feels so differently about the Jewish and the Gregorian new year
Let's make next year, THE year
Student blogger Orli West looks ahead to 2018, resolving to make resolutions that count
Maybe I'm not such a sceptic after all
Jamie Rodney finds himself singing Chanukah songs down the phone - to his own surprise.
Christmas and Chanukah — I get the best of both worlds
Student blogger Asha Sumroy tells us about her family's particularly inclusive take on the holiday season
What makes you, you?
Student blogger Orli West on what it means when we talk about who we are
Aspiring to fulfil the stereotype
Student blogger Jamie Rodney on the myth of Jewish intelligence, and the reality of Jewish guilt
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
How to stand up to campus antisemitism
Student blogger Orli West on an issue facing every Jewish undergraduate
I feel guilty about my disconnection with Judaism
Where are my Jewish friends, asks Jamie Rodney
Two heads are better than one
Can anyone really keep their focus during student lectures, asks Asha Sumroy?
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I'm breaking away from my comfort zone
I am a fish leaving his pond to go completely out of water, writes Noah Libson
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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