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When changing your appearance feels like changing your identity

I got a nose job and told everyone it was for breathing problems but really I wanted to look less Jewish.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to escape discrimination can lead to erasing the very features that connect us to our heritage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masks and personas we wear?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.