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鈥淕rowing up in an interfaith family shaped my own experiences as a Jewish woman. I learned that the more we embrace different traditions and listen to different perspectives, the more we can learn and grow.鈥
鈥淎fter I became a bat mitzvah, I let Judaism fade into the background of my life.鈥
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
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
鈥淚 didn't expect to find such a vibrant Persian Jewish community at Berkeley Hillel.鈥
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 came out as nonbinary, I distanced myself from my Jewish community. I wasn鈥檛 sure how people would react.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
