I had lost sight of how important Judaism was to me. Hillel helped me remember that.
鈥淎fter I became a bat mitzvah, I let Judaism fade into the background of my life.鈥
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People always ask me what kind of Jew I am. I’m just a Mizrahi Jew, and that鈥檚 good enough.
鈥淧eople would always ask me what kind of Jew I was. Orthodox? Conservative? Reform? I always said, 鈥業鈥檓 just a Mizrahi Jew, and that鈥檚 good enough.鈥欌
I always feel the most connected with my Judaism when I’m in nature.
鈥淚 always feel the most in touch with my Judaism when I鈥檓 in nature, surrounded by trees, on the beach, taking hikes, watching the sunrise and sunset.鈥
I was scared my Jewish community wouldn’t accept me when I came out as trans.
鈥淲hen I first came out as trans, I was really scared that I wouldn鈥檛 be accepted by my Jewish community.鈥
Many people didn鈥檛 understand I was chronically ill. I didn鈥檛 look physically disabled.
鈥淣ot all disabilities are visible.鈥
Raised in a Persian Jewish community, I was surrounded by people who shared my culture.
鈥淚 didn't expect to find such a vibrant Persian Jewish community at Berkeley Hillel.鈥
As a cadet in Charleston, I was worried I wouldn鈥檛 see another Jewish person.
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.
I realized I can be Jewish and queer. One identity doesn鈥檛 negate the other.
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
Being diagnosed on the autism spectrum made my identity even more complex.
鈥淚 was diagnosed on the autism spectrum my senior year of high school.鈥
I grew up in an interfaith family, with a Jewish father and a Christian mother.
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, […]
