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“I saw miracles day after day.”
Kylie Ora Lobell is a writer for the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, The Forward, Tablet Magazine, Aish, and Chabad.org and the author of the first children’s book for the children of Jewish converts, “Jewish Just Like You.”

“I saw miracles day after day.”

From November 21 to 25, the Cornell Graduate Student Union is advancing a BDS referendum to a full vote and demanding the union refuse research grants and collaboration with institutions tied to the U.S. or Israeli militaries.

What a pleasant and inspiring way to start off my week.

Students at the University of Michigan Central Student Government (CSG) have brought forward Assembly Resolution 15-051, The Divest for Humanity Act, a BDS resolution, to be voted on the night of November 18.

Every dollar raised will go directly toward programs that offer tangible help and are completely free of charge for families.

This excerpt is from an early part of my conversion journey, when I went to my first class on Judaism.

The tracking poll, which has been ongoing since the war’s outset, shows the lowest favorability for Israel ever measured among U.S. college students, as well as a persistent climate of intolerance toward Jewish identity and expression.

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel, is holding an event called, “Spread the Light: Commemorating Kristallnacht in a Shattered World” on November 9.

For those who listen to “Unpacking Israeli History” and attend the upcoming Sinai Temple event, Weissman aims to give them a more nuanced look at the important topics that impact the Jewish community.

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