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Alas, Hineni

by JessieActivism, Antisemitism, Judaism November 15, 2023March 7, 20243 Comments

What other group has to share their location and promise to text their loved ones hourly as a matter of safety because they are going to a peaceful protest? Well, apparently, I, as a Jew, must, because that’s how my day began. But I was lucky. I came in contact with nothing but peace and …

Cultural Consciousness

by JessieActivism, Antisemitism March 8, 2017March 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

It’s only Wednesday. But it’s already been a hard week. A bomb threat was called into the JCC in my community. And today I went on strike for International Women’s Day. These two events may seem unrelated, except in timing, but they have become combined in my mind. This week there were many people in …