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Clubs and Extracurricular, school and college, Stuck In The Middle: Column

Apply For The Leaders For Tomorrow 2020-2021 Class

By: Isabelle Mokotoff As Jewish teens, many of my peers and I have developed a passion for the Jewish community that was nurtured by our Jewish camps, day schools, and synagogues. For many of us, we first left the comfort of our “Jewish bubbles” in the ninth grade. It was then that our core beliefs were first questioned and we realized, many times through first-hand … Continue reading Apply For The Leaders For Tomorrow 2020-2021 Class

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Opinions, State and World, Stuck In The Middle: Column

Be A Better Ally: The Art of Word-Based Bridge Building

Stuck In The MiddleBy: Isabelle Mokotoff Hanschke, Hannibal. “A Member of Halle’s Jewish Community Looks at Lit Candles Outside the Synagogue in Halle, Germany, on October 11, 2019.” Reuters, Oct. 2019, http://www.reuters.com/. With “Stuck In The Middle”, my column in The Oracle, I’ve tried to tackle tough-to-talk-about topics and employ what I think of as “medicinal storytelling”. It’s always seemed to me that well-chosen words … Continue reading Be A Better Ally: The Art of Word-Based Bridge Building

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