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Jewish-americans (7 found)
Note: These stories are from Represent and its sister publication, YCteen, which is written by New York City public high school students.
After attending a controversial opera about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a group that promotes greater understanding between Muslims and Jews, Eileen realizes the importance of reaching across religious and cultural lines. (full text)
As the son of a black mother and white Jewish father, Satra doesn’t fit into society’s categories and gets teased and rejected.
Alison tells how her grandparents barely escaped the Cracow ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
Lara envies her friends, who still have strong bonds to their ethnic cultures and traditions. She's been so Americanized that when people ask where her family's from, she doesn't know what to say.
Chris spends months preparing for his bar mitzvah and almost dies of stage fright when the big day arrives.
Melissa describes the discipline and discomfort of military training, the terror of holding a gun in her hands for the first time, and the exhilaration of connecting to her heritage and defending her ancestral lands.
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