At finde fællesskab de mærkeligste steder

2024 | Being Jewish in the world | Danish | English | Family | Young adult programmes | Youth camp | Youth movement

Written by: Degania Laura S

Source language: English

Translation language: Danish

Precis: Hayati, like many other young Palestinians in Denmark, understands the feeling of not fully fitting in – therefore she doesn’t expect me to.

Israel: My Roots and my Wings

Israël: Mes Racines et mes Ailes

2024 | Antisemitism | French | Future Jewish career | Israel | War in Israel

Written by: Deborah H

Source language: French

Translation language: English

Precis: I will not resign myself to accepting that the only lessons of this dark year are reduced to the disbelief, horror, and shock of the first day. I want to believe that something exists that surpasses these initial emotions, and that it is incumbent upon me to discover.

My move from Israel to the Netherlands

המעבר שלי מישראל להולנד

2024 | Antisemitism | Being Jewish in the world | English | Family | Hebrew | Immigration | Israel | Multiple identities | Russian | War in Israel

Written by: Daniel F

Source language: Hebrew

Translation language: English

Precis: Whether I stay in the Netherlands or return to Israel, I will maintain my connection to Judaism. I want to start a Jewish family, pass on to my children the Hebrew language, the Jewish tradition and values. I will teach them how to keep themselves as Jews and deal with anti-Semitism, as the Jewish people have done throughout history.

Mon rêve

Mon rêve

2024 | Antisemitism | Family | French | Jewish rituals | Religious and secular affiliations | War in Israel | Youth camp | Youth movement

Written by: Lena B

Source language: French

Translation language: English

Precis: I am 8 and my father made me act in front of the family after Shabbat dinner. I'm 12 and I do my Bat Mitzvah. I'm 14 and I'm wondering about the existence of God. I'm 16 and I fall in love with a boy who isn't Jewish.

Once a Shomer, always a Shomer

Egyszer shomer, mindig shomer

2024 | Being Jewish in the world | Family | Future Jewish career | Hungarian | Immigration | Jewish rituals | Multiple identities | Youth movement

Written by: Andris

Source language: Hungarian

Translation language: English

Precis: While many people can recall a precise moment that profoundly defined or shaped their Jewishness, there was no such moment in my life. From the moment of my birth, with my first breath of air, I was immersed in the Hungarian Jewish atmosphere that has shaped my way of thinking and my system of values to this day.