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When career opportunities conflict with your sense of safety

I got accepted to my dream graduate program but the faculty advisor I would work with has written articles that feel antisemitic to me and I cannot tell if I am being oversensitive or protecting myself.

Juana
Online
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are struggling to distinguish between reasonable caution and self-limiting hypervigilance when evaluating professional relationships.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Jewish tikkun olam — repairing the world?”

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