My kippah sparked dialogue within religious communities, most notably with a monk.
My kippah sparked a conversation between me and a monk on campus during my sophomore year.
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I was raised in an interfaith household. My dad is Jewish. My mom isn’t.
It’s not enough to talk about our history as a Jewish people, we need to experience it firsthand.
I tapped into my Judaism even more when I became a cadet at Virginia Military Institute.
I found peace outside of the rigors of training at Hillel.
On a campus with 250 Jewish students, most of my friends never met a Jew before me.
Most of my college friends never met a Jew before meeting me.
I’m from San Juan, a very welcoming and accepting place for Jewish people.
“I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has been extremely accepting of the Jewish people, and I’ve always felt like I had a home there and people were very welcoming and very accepting of who I was. When I decided to come to college I came to Elon University and, as well, it was […]
I used to be afraid to have conversations about Judaism because I felt so uneducated.
When you’re like me and don’t know what stream of Judaism you fall into, you just know you’re Jewish, it’s very easy to just see everyone for who they are — without the labels.
We don’t share the same faith, but our support of each other has opened our minds.
I’m Jewish and he’s Episcopalian. But I liked him and he liked me, and I thought this could be something great.
I started Cooking with Brian, a video series on creating simple, nutritious Israeli dishes.
I started Cooking with Brian, a series of short videos that teach viewers how to create simple and nutritious Israeli dishes. I had my work cut out for me.
If I wanted to be Jewish on campus, I needed to step up and get things going.
I just had to show up and everything would be done for me. It turned out that wasn’t the case.
I go to a university in Pennsylvania that’s mostly Catholic and white. I’m neither.
“I’m adopted and I’m Chinese…But being Jewish has always been a part of my identity.”
