“Trust me, I was once a first-year Jewish student too."

My latest blog post is published at Writing from the Edge at Patheos

This month a new generation of Jewish students will begin their first term at University. Here’s my advice to them.

Congratulations/Mazel Tov! 

You’re off to university. First time away from home. First time away from your synagogue community. Or perhaps you’ve had a year out after school and have been in Israel soaking up your Jewish heritage. Maybe you’ve been on a Jewish leadership trip organised by your youth movement or a Birthright tour. But now it’s back to reality and you’re about to discover what it means to have your ideas challenged, your prejudices pointed out and your Jewish identity undermined.

But don’t worry. This is all to the good. It’s exactly what you need. Trust me, I was once a first-year Jewish university student too.

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