Celebrate Early and Often

I love to say celebrate early and often—and I live it. Birthdays, milestones, Tuesdays that feel like Saturdays. I don’t wait for a single date on the calendar to give myself permission to feel joy. I spread it out. I stack it up. I let it travel. This year, celebrating my birthday became a journey—across […]

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Holding the Light

By Cari Uslan This year, as Hanukkah approaches, I keep returning to the image of a small flame holding its ground in a very dark room. A single, determined light that doesn’t pretend the darkness isn’t real, but refuses to be swallowed by it. The past year has left many in our community feeling unmoored. […]

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As Israel fought Iran, ‘Persian’ Jewish teens in Los Angeles felt a tug on their complex identities

This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Support for Israel. Hope for a new Iran. Confusion about their complicated Jewish identities. These are just a few of the emotions Iranian-Jewish American teensexperienced over […]

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