Behind the Ivy - Summer 2018

LIFE

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Throwback family photo of Amanda and her sisters. Photo Amanda Hacker

Likewise, Sukot commemorates the annual harvest season. Thus, to commemorate Jewish holidays is not necessarily to buy into Jewish religion; these holidays are defined by more than a belief in a higher power.

matter leave me in favour of the former but my understanding that Judaism is not just for those born into the community significantly complicates the matter. Regardless, my greatest belief is that Judaism should not be exclusive; the Jewish people have been through too much to deny anyone else the right to a community.

I still don’t have a real answer to whether Judaism is a race or a religion. My personal stakes in the

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