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Campus Notebook: November 15, 2013

November 15, 2013 12:55
The winning 'Jewniversity Challenge' team in all their glory

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Charlotte Oliver,

Charlotte Oliver

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WHO'S A JEW-NIUS?

Cambridge JSoc held its own “Jewniversity Challenge” last week. The winning team consisted of CUJS leaders past, present and future: Josh Gertner, Stephanie Posner, Josh Goodman and Ben Leibowitz, whose reward will be to select this term’s charity for the JSoc’s fund-raising. Meanwhile, quiz master Aviv Boonin gave Jeremy Paxman some serious competition with his no-nonsense probing. Be afraid, Paxo, be afraid.

TRADITION, TRADITION

What do you do when, en route to becoming the perfect Jewish mother and rebbetzin, you realise you’re in love with your female best friend? You sing about it, of course. Oxford JSoc hosted Emily Rose’s hilarious one-woman musical on Sunday, watching her grapple with the conflicting demands of her family, her head and her heart.