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Rivkah Levine's avatar

I went to JCC preschool and summer camp the group of kids who went weren’t all Jewish, but we were all taught from a young age about Israel and oftentimes it was equated with Judaism. We all learned from the Israelis who came to teach Israeli culture for the summer, usually they had recently finished their time in the IDF. All that indoctrination and in the same breath I got told I wasn’t Jewish because I’m Patrilineally Jewish.

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Emilie ⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚'s avatar

This was such a great piece that perfectly fit everything that I have wanted to educate people on in my community. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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allie ailis's avatar

Thank you that is so so nice!!!

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Emilie ⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚'s avatar

Me too!! My family also got rejected from certain synagogues because my mom converted so I wasn’t 'Jewish' enough.

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Rivkah Levine's avatar

All this to say this piece is very good

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allie ailis's avatar

Thank you so so much for reading! I actually went to the same high school as

Benjamin Netanyahu if that tells you anything about my life of indoctrination 😅

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serehass's avatar

Wow Allie, thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it as a Lebanese!

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allie ailis's avatar

thank you so much for reading!!

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