JUF News | I found my fit at JUF, and no one is more surprised than me
Local young adult reconnects to Judaism through YLD Pride by Jack Schuleman on May 28, 2021 (photo credit: Alden Voelker) I grew up in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, among neatly manicured lawns and a thriving Jewish community where it was easy to take my Jewishness for granted. I was born into a proudly Jewish family, but wore it like an undersized t-shirt. Perhaps being gay filled so much emotional space that I never thought I would be immersed in a Jewish world. Looking back, in Jewish spaces, I always felt like an outsider. I wasn't part of a "Jew crew" at schoo...
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