It’s a tradition to get drunk at Purim. It’s also known that alcohol at university is basically part of the furniture. So what happens when you mix this festivity with students? Does this create a great combination cocktail of students embracing the Purim story and having a religious experience? Or does it just become a…
The 21st century has transformed us into the selfie taking, Facebook stalking, flappy bird playing citizens that go by the name of ‘human beings’. However, there is NOTHING human about the list above – we’ve become a generation of robotic internet addicts where self-sufficiency has gone down the drain. With the new craze of Tinder,…
To Hillel house, or not to Hillel house, that is the question… Advantages of living in standard university accommodation 1. Open your eyes to new cultures Living with just Jews means being at the very centre of the ‘Jewish bubble’. Whether studying in Leeds or Birmingham or elsewhere, the atmosphere is still equivalent to Stanmore…
About two weeks before I began Israel tour, on which I was planning to be a madricha (leader) for one of the six RSY Netzer tour groups, Operation Protective Edge exploded across headlines. Israel was at the apex of British news and it was hard to escape daily updates. This was certainly not the ideal…
WARNING: I am probably offending the majority of society. Confession time: I’m a black sheep among my friends because I don’t understand the appeal of watching a sweaty man (or a woman) kicking a ball into a goal. Many people have tried to give me the football bug, but I can’t catch it. I’ve…
In Britain’s current economic climate, jobs have never been harder to attain. As a third year Middle Eastern Studies student this news puts me on edge, because at the end of the day, some may say my degree is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. According to totaljobs.com, “44% of graduates say they regret…
This article has been fused together with my love for Lily Allen and my Buzzfeed addiction. We all know that Jewish mothers are renowned for health, overreactions and of course a lot of food, but I want to explore this generalisation. There is so much concentration on ‘Mrs Stiencohenwitz’ that the man whose name she…
The first time a “NekNomination” appeared on my Facebook news feed, I thought someone had been nominated for an award for doing something heartwarming for society. This feeling was quickly punctured after I pressed play and realised that downing a pint of beer and vodka – often infused with a gruesome ingredient, such as dog…
No, I don’t mean surf and turf or whatever that cooking dish is. I highly believe that your mother (or father for that matter) is a good cook. No, i’m talking about the World Wide Web. You’re probably thinking that this seems a little outdated, seeing as we’ve had the internet now for as long…
Being Jewish is such a diverse term. One could be religious, cultural or even an atheist- it’s that broad. This may be why it is so hard to explain what it means to be Jewish, especially to some students who have never met another Jewish person in their lives. I want to explain that being…
Most advertisements seem to truly believe that hair straighteners are the fairy God mother to their buyer-Cinderella. As soon as an authentic curl appears behind her straightened curtain, poor Cinderella is once again tied to the shackles of slave labor because no one will ever hire or tie the ‘knot’ with someone who has natural…
With all the current events in the Middle East, I feel it is more than necessary to entrench peace in society. The more people who desire to put down their guns and pick up olive branches, the better. Ideas regarding peace can be found in some institutions, such as the University of Manchester’s Israel Palestine…
Fields of Grey, directed by Contact’s Artistic Director Baba Israel, gives an insight into the Afghan American war. It is about an American soldier, and a British Muslim Mujahid who shot each other at battle. They are transported into a locked room where there is a heavy feeling of distrust, dislike and differences. However, it…
‘Jonny Come Lately’ tells the story of a white working class mother and daughter who pretend to be disabled in order to cheat the system, by living off stolen goods and sponging off society. The women therefore get a shock when a Middle Eastern man played by Amr El-Bayoumi turns up desperate to stay with…
If you are looking for culture, colour and creativity without leaving Manchester, ‘And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses’ is the play for you. Directed by Princess Mhlongo, it brings the inspirational story of two African women who meet in a queue, waiting days for rice. The two South African Award winning comedians Lesego Motespe…
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