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.
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With Israel in mind, I painted the snake trail, which leads to the top of Masada.
When I chose to attend Virginia Tech, I knew Hillel was going to be my home away from home.
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?
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 Can鈥檛 Fast On Yom Kippur 鈥擜nd That鈥檚 Nothing To Be Ashamed Of
Yom Kippur is not a fun day for anyone. The 鈥渉anger鈥 is real, caffeine withdrawal is always worse than I remember it to be and I鈥檓 pretty sure every non-Jewish person I follow on Instagram posts more #foodporn photos that day than any other day of the year. However, when people tell me I am […]
Leaving my Syrian Jewish Community Brought Me Closer to Home
Until moving across the country in June, I lived in the same Syrian Jewish neighborhood in Gravesend, Brooklyn for 22 years. Moving across the country is certainly not the traditional path for my friends from Brooklyn. And my move has definitely put my family on edge. Some from my insular Syrian Jewish community say I […]
I used to be afraid to have conversations about Judaism because I felt so uneducated.
When you鈥檙e like me and don鈥檛 know what stream of Judaism you fall into, you just know you鈥檙e Jewish, it鈥檚 very easy to just see everyone for who they are 鈥 without the labels.
We don鈥檛 share the same faith, but our support of each other has opened our minds.
I鈥檓 Jewish and he鈥檚 Episcopalian. But I liked him and he liked me, and I thought this could be something great.
I arrived at Columbia University 鈥 totally alone. Hillel allieviated my homesickness.
With the help of the Hillel staff, we transformed our main hall into a makeshift theater.
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.
