Adam Penkin, at The Blogs

Dec 8, 2023, 7:21 PM

Being Jewish at a University with Five Colleges Named Jesus

A month into my first term, my sister sent me two texts one after another. “How’s Cambridge have you found a wife?” And then immediately “any nice Jewish girls on campus?” I laughed. No, I responded, being still distinctly...

Nov 10, 2023, 11:16 PM

War Away From Home

My flight from Tel Aviv touched down at Heathrow on Monday the 2nd and I took the Jubilee line to Kings Cross before switching for my journey to Cambridge. I was nervous, starting third year, but excited to catch...

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An international Jew that came to make a home in Israel. Now back overseas studying philosophy and feeling a stronger connection to the land than before I left.