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The first time I ever made a shiva call, I was nervous. As someone who had only joined the Jewish people four years prior in May of 2015, and whose immediate family included no Jews, there were many Jewish traditions with which I had no personal experience. While I had a familiarity with customs surrounding mourning in […]
I knew South Carolina didn鈥檛 have a big Jewish population, and I was worried I wouldn鈥檛 see another Jewish person for the next four years.
鈥淲hen I first came out as transgender, asking my Jewish community to use my new set of pronouns (he/him and they/them) was frightening yet liberating.鈥
鈥淲hen I came out as nonbinary, I distanced myself from my Jewish community. I wasn鈥檛 sure how people would react.鈥
鈥淚 was diagnosed on the autism spectrum my senior year of high school.鈥
鈥淚 grew up in an interfaith family, with a Jewish father and a Christian mother, and my parents decided to raise me Christian. I was baptized, I had communion, but I never really identified with Christianity, nor had much of a choice in practicing it. I wasn鈥檛 supposed to be questioning my practices and beliefs, […]
鈥淚 had culture shock when I moved with my family from a kibbutz in Israel 鈥 one that only spanned two streets 鈥 to Wisconsin.鈥
鈥淢y dad is Jewish, and my mom is Filipino Catholic. Growing up, I felt pressured by my Jewish relatives to only focus on my Judaism and forget about the other parts of my identity.鈥
鈥淏ecause I was raised in an interfaith household, being Jewish was always a choice for me.鈥
鈥淚 have the Hebrew word chai tattooed on my arm.鈥
