Happy New Year from The Isis in #Oxford Part of my strange and wonderful NYE

Wishing y'all a Healthy and Happy New Year

Had an amazing few days at #limmud25 , including livestreaming the podcast conversation with Renato Huarte Cuéllar, about Jewish life in Mexico, and chairing a joyous session with Jewish cookbook authors. Huge thanks to the guests and, especially the support of the tech team!

Getting it together !

Behold, I made a pickle tree! Merry Christmas

Yup. Dental emergency (not painful but annoying) just in time for Xmas.

How did I miss this story? It's a model of how to treat this disastrous artefact identifying as human. Bravo #Pulitzer Take note #bbc

Good morning 🌅 It’s Sunday which means time for the #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin. Looking for a new move in education but not in the classroom? This hour is my weekly gift to you!

@rachelorr.bsky.social found a shop that demands your attention, if you don't already know about it. Shoes!!!

In a bath*, in Bath, listening to 6Music! Farewell Huey, tx for all the beats! A day of Xmas shopping and Handel's Messiah in the evening. I know, right? *We don't have one at home anymore, just showers, so this is a treat!!!

Morning! Current view from my hotel bed, of Bath. Breakfast awaits!

I can't believe it's taken so long for these stories to come out. They've been circulating for years so he's obviously been protected by some other celebrities. I heard very a specific story from someone in publishing who said that his antics are well known. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm not against teachers tackling misogyny OR Racism OR bigotry of any type.... And it's crazy to push more on busy and underfunded schools while being afraid to properly regulate and tax Big Tech. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Samosa Latkes are bloody delicious #jewsky

Chanukah Sameach

Chanukah doughnuts .... From scratch

Chanukah Sameach Doughnuts are proving

Ten Years ago, at the end of 2015, I was excited and upbeat. Bowie had released a new track - Blackstar- and a new album was on the way. If you look back to that time, no, not everything was great - but the Paris Agreement had been signed & there was still hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszL...

I've had so many kind and loving messages of love and support in the past few days since the horrors in Australia. In dark times it is these relationships that are the light. 2nd night Chanukah #jewsky

Hanukkah Sameach! (Spell it how you like) The Bene Israel of India didn't know about this festival till the European Jews came (alongside colonialism) and 'updated' them, as they'd left while the Temple was still intact. #jewsky

Horrific news from Australia this morning, as citizens gunned down, while going about their everyday lives, celebrating a winter festival. I got up early to prepare my sessions for a Jewish cultural event, as part of @whojewthinkur.bsky.social, fear tightening as the news rolls in.

More of this from European leaders please. Call out the madness. The government of the USA and the companies profiteering from it, are a direct threat to our national security. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Over at our YouTube Channel we've put up 11 poetry workshops to help people of any age write poems. So far they've had in total 355 thousand views. www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

@lezeki.bsky.social and I have just spent 10 mins replaying, and crying with laughter watching @bobmort.bsky.social casting and then falling backwards on Gone Fishing. I have saved this clip so, if a chum is glum, I can offer solace. Thank you BBC

Fascinating report into the minds of British 16 year olds. A must read - not least because it's strangely hopeful, as are they! Essential reading for those who want to understand where our newest voters are getting their news from - and who they trust. demos.co.uk/research/ins...

Just joined the @greenparty.org.uk after talking to the local Green party team last weekend, and completed the form while listening to @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @therestpolitics.bsky.social

If “Jewish identity isn’t linear or bounded” says something true to you - if the label 'Jew' just isn't enough - don’t miss tomorrow’s Season 2 finale. Subscribe, so it drops in your feed, and please share the Linktree to help new listeners find us. 🎧 linktr.ee/eylanezekiel...

If you missed Emma Barnett having a conversation with Richard Tice this morning on the Today program on R4. I recommend you giving it 3 minutes of your time. She delivers everything I hoped for when she was appointed. Give it to the end. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Waking to hear Emma Barnett ripping into Richard Tice this morning, for the antisemitism of Farage and the dismissal of those that remember his words was not only good journalism, it was editorially necessary. We need more of this.

I've had lots of requests to rerun my adaptive teaching webinar, so I'm hosting another one on 20th January. See the link below for details. Lots of practical advice on strategies for an inclusive classroom. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

#RIPTomStoppard Couldn't believe what I was watching and hearing when I first saw 'Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead ' ...

#RIPTomStoppard We studied 'squaring the circle' at my ILEA comp in Camden in the 80s, and it really politicised me

I don't care what you think of the politics, but this is actually quite fun. Can't imagine any previous political figure pulling this off, except,... Maybe Blair.

For those that still don't get that there is massive change coming in the Jewish community in Britain, this letter unpicks some of the lazy assumptions about a singular voting block. #jewsky

Just heard an Amazon advert on a podcast that was definitely ghost written by D’Ancey LaGuarde. Are we through the looking glass to Last Post universe @alicefraser.bsky.social ?

Hi all, I am writing a post about the #curriculumreview and Primary. I read a lot of good stuff at the time but want to open my view. What were the posts/articles/podcasts that really made YOU think or shout "YUS!" at the top of your voice about the #FrancisReview Thanks, in advance

This should be noted in any future discussions about the #BBC, and, shared as widely as possibly in any case.

When I was at school in the early 80s lots of kids were routinely and regularly antisemitic to me. Saying Hitler was right, pushing my face into gas taps in science lessons, pelting me with pennies. It was relentless and teachers often laughed with them. There was always one leading it. A Farage.

Lovely evening of films at #ukjewishfilmfestival including a surprise appearance of Anton Lesser (yes! Him!!!) for a Q&A about his appearance in this very touching short. ukjewishfilm.org/film/beshert/

Claudia Mendoza sits at the centre of British Jewish leadership - at @thejlc.org - and she can see that our schools still don’t teach the full range of Jewish histories and identities. 🎧 Listen + subscribe — links in bio. #JewishDiversity #Adeni #Mizrahi #JewishEducation #jewsky

TW Irony. Hateful? No, just divisive. Actually, just a bit contentious. You know what, it's only woke folk who object. Stop making a fuss, what's YOUR problem?Swastikas? They are everywhere! Nothing to see here. Just the USA descending deeper into despotism. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Guardian quotes @jprdata.bsky.social calling the Green vote “paradoxical” (“for a significant minority of Jews, domestic priorities and progressive values outweigh foreign policy concerns”) BUT in fact it seems much of the Jewish Green vote comes from the growing minority who are not Zionist…

This Israeli dating ad uses two kids to make a joke out of rejecting a Yemenite boy. He shares his heritage, she shuts down instantly. It only works because #Racism between Jews is normalised. The ad was pulled, but the mindset runs deep. We need to confront it – to repair. #jewsky

I partially agree with this. A wealth tax is not enough. Reform of property laws, yes. But really we need real Regulation, especially on the City and Tech, and a new narrative to replace the 'Growth Agenda' to something more like Donut Economics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nearly 20% of British Jews are turning to the Green Party, mostly younger and happy to identify as non-Zionist. Unfortunately, the older generation is turning to Reform, seeking clarity and strength, ignoring Racism. HT @jprdata.bsky.social #jewsky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

#nowreading "The Jewelers of the Ummah" Ariella Aïsha Azoulay "The fiction of Jewishness also obscures the fact that asking diverse Jews to become simply "Jewish" was part of the European "solution" to the "Jewish problem" Europe had created on the continent and in its colonies."

Well, that's my retirement plans sorted then! www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

This has led me to tell my lovely and effective local MP that I can't vote Labour and for her based on this lurch to the far right.

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"..Because it is subconscious it is easy for us to overlook the skills & experiences we are utilising." On the need to give ourselves credit, @headsup4hts.bsky.social in uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/he... 2/2