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When your child rejects the identity you cherished

My teenage daughter told me she does not want to be Jewish anymore because of what she sees happening in Gaza and I do not know how to respond without dismissing her moral clarity.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are facing the possibility that the tradition you hoped to transmit may be experienced by the next generation as moral burden rather than gift.

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.