I merged my passions for art and Judaism by creating over 50 custom masks during COVID-19.
鈥淵ou feel empowered when you鈥檙e a part of something bigger than yourself.鈥
Topic: Hillel Leadership
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Yoga became a creative, accessible gateway to Jewish connectivity.
鈥淲hile Shabbat services have been an incredibly important part of my life, not everyone connects with our rich tradition by praying out of a book.鈥
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
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 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, […]
My tattoo of the Hebrew word chai represents my Judaism and my long battle with depression.
鈥淚 have the Hebrew word chai tattooed on my arm.鈥
One of my classmates would whisper about me, saying, 鈥榃hy would I pray for a Jew?鈥
鈥淚 was enrolled in a Catholic school, where I was the only Jewish and Eastern European student.鈥
My family emigrated from India to New York and then moved to North Carolina.
鈥淛ewish life centered around the home for me. My family immigrated from India to New York and then moved to North Carolina.鈥
I can open that door. And so, it’s almost like I’m a community gatekeeper.
If someone wants to come into the Hillel community, maybe I'm not the authority on a lot of stuff, but how easy is it for me to open the door or direct someone to the correct location?
