If my shaving razor were a person, they’d think I was a pretty shitty friend. Blowing hot and cold, never turning up to commitments, going MIA for months on end. Yet whilst the Gilette Venus luckily has no feelings when it comes to the frequency of hair removal, I can’t say exactly the same for … Continue reading
This month, I’ve been absolutely privileged to enter the amazing ROI Community, a project by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation aiming to promote and empower young Jewish leaders and changemakers from across the world. Initiation comes at the ROI Summit. It was probably the best conference event I have or ever will participate … Continue reading
I was privileged enough to speak this evening at UCL’s Holocaust Memorial Day event. Seeing as I rarely write on this blog, I thought I would cheat a little at being a writer and upload the transcript of my speech tonight. In memory of the 11 Million. The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day this year … Continue reading
This was an article I wrote for the Jewish national paper, the Jewish Chronicle. With all the adverts being released for Israel Independence Day parties, it was disappointing to find one advert in particular which was inappropriate and highly sexist. My angry fingers got itching. Anyways, having spent weeks researching the Jewish Chronicle‘s coverage of … Continue reading
Rethinking Israel on Campus Published 27.02.2014 (UJS Blogs) When I initially had the idea to launch a campaign to oppose Israel Apartheid Week on campus, I had no idea and no expectation that it would ever be as successful as Rethink2014 has been this week. We’ve had support from all over the world – from … Continue reading
Over the past few months, a LOT has happened. Surprisingly enough, I ended up launching a social media campaign opposed to Israel Apartheid Week which actually spread worldwide. We had a ridiculous amount of traffic on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and spread worldwide. Even this month, Rethink has been in Chile and is still empowering … Continue reading
My earliest memory of being deaf was having a tantrum because my parents wouldn’t let me watch Dumbo without wearing my hearing aids. This was in the precarious period of hearing aid training, when the fallout of my diagnosis mainly comprised of Beanie Baby bribery, TV bribery, and – yep, you guessed it, the ultimate … Continue reading
Visibility. I had a conversation today at uni about Israel in which a non-Jewish white male, well-to-do friend – lovely though he is – replied to my spiel about being otherised by saying that he felt otherised in Israel. That he felt different to Israelis in Israel. And thus implied that therefore at some point … Continue reading
What up mofos? H-Bizzle in da Haus! Sorry, I’ve probably got your hopes up a little bit there. I’m actually not a total gangster in real life. Funnily enough, I’m holed up in bed thinking about Jews again. And cupcakes. Plus, I’m on Snapchat at the same time. See? Complete multi-tasking goddess. In all seriousness … Continue reading
Yes, I know. It always takes me far too long. If I’ve learned anything from starting this blog, it’s that I am terrible at actually committing to things other than homework. To be fair, I’ve had a lot of the stuff to do (they really push it at Toronto). And I’ve been busy acclimatising to … Continue reading
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