Earlier this week, I stood with fellow Jewish people of conscience from across the Midwest to speak out against Israel’s mass bombing campaign that has killed more than 11,470 civilians in Gaza, and to demand that the Israeli and U.S. governments focus on negotiating a cease-fire and Hamas’ release of hostages.
I’m an adopted child. Last year, I found my Jewish biological father. In my 20s, I considered converting to Judaism, and so this discovery only confirmed something I had always known about myself on some level. I began the process of formally converting to Judaism, and joined my local congregation. I learned about the history of my ancestors, and their escape from Ukraine and Lithuania to settle here in North Lawndale. For this adoptee, I had found another home.
