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Finding my voice as a Jewish teen, even when it feels safer to stay quiet

For weeks, the media was filled with emotional footage of Israeli hostages returning home — some to long-awaited reunions, others only to memories and several in coffins. Watching those scenes unfold thousands of miles away, I felt a deep, visceral reaction. These people were taken — their lives interrupted or ended — simply for living […]