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A copy of the Torah sits on Maya's bedside table. She leaves it next to her bed so she is able to reach for it easily when she needs to.
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A copy of the Torah sits on Maya's bedside table. She leaves it next to her bed so she is able to reach for it easily when she needs to.
Kaylee Werner, a co-chair of the antisemitism task force at Indiana University Hillel, leads the task force meeting on Oct. 11. The task force meeting was led while painting mezuzahs red to pass out to students.
Rabbi Sue Silberberg works actively to create a safe space on the Indiana University campus, and more widely across the Bloomington community. Students come to Rabbi Sue often for help and guidance when they face antisemitic words or acts. "It's hard to be Jewish off by yourself in a corner, because community is so much a part of who we are as Jews," Silberberg said.
Jared Cohen and Sophie Shafran paint mezuzahs red at an antisemitism task force meeting Oct. 11. The mezuzahs they are painting are to be passed out to students who want them; either for traditional use or to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community on campus.
A mezuzah sits in the doorway of Maya's bedroom inside her apartment. Traditionally, mezuzahs are put on the front door of an abode and the fingertips are touched to the mezuzah upon entering a home and kissed afterward.
In an effort to show support for the Jewish community on campus, red mezuzahs were posted around campus to show that it was a safe space for Jewish students and faculty.
A mezuzah sits on the doorway of the Hillel House. This mezuzah sits on a side door to the house so that faculty members and students are able to perform the tradition of touching the scroll and kissing the tips of the fingers after. The scroll inside is sacred to the Jewish religion.
Sonia Nussbaum, an undergraduate student at IU, takes action against antisemitism in a personal way. Any time Sonia sees a swastika or acts of hate against Jewish people, she takes a selfie with it. She claims that this helps to reclaim her space for herself and other Jewish people around her.
Maya Goldenberg laughs as she reconnects with a Jewish community member from her neighborhood back home in Chicago. She realized they had held their Bat/Bar Mitzvahs on the same day.
The Star of David hangs around Maya's neck as she talks about what the Jewish community on the IU campus means to her.
Maya Goldenberg is a Jewish student at IU. She is a junior in the Kelley School of Business who hopes to one day move to Israel. She remembers going shortly after her Bat Mitzvah, and said "There is nothing else like it."
A welcome sign hangs in the main hallway of the Hillel House, letting students know that this is a safe space for them.
Maya Goldenberg brings out freshly baked bread to the Sukkot for Shabbat at the Chabad house. Sukkot is a festival of remembrance of when enslaved Jewish people left Egypt and began their 41-year-long journey through the desert.
Maya Goldenberg sets out individual servings of bread for the Sukkot Shabat. The Chabad House, which held the Shabbat, served over 60 attendees at the 700 block of Seventh Street.
Maya Goldenberg lights candles prior to Shabbat, the seventh day of rest, at the beginning of Sukkot. The lighting of candles signifies the beginning of Shabbat and the sun having set. This is a time in which people cease the use of technology for the next 25 hours in order to reconnect with the world, their friends, family and God.
Elisha Breton, a master's student, works under Dr. Günther Jikeli assisting in the programming of an AI that will one day work to identify antisemitism on social media. On some days, Breton looks at hundreds of tweets to identify if something is truly antisemitic or not, following guidelines previously set for him and other students working on the project.
A sign reading "I stand against antisemitism" sits inside the main doors to the Hillel House. Around the print are signatures of students and faculty members who attend the Hillel House for services.
The Chabad House of Bloomington sits on the corner of Seventh Street and Fess Avenue on the IU campus. Chabad Houses were created to allow for a safe space for Jewish communities in their area. They are often built in larger cities or by college campuses.
Students sit patiently and wait for their dinner to come on the night of Yom Kippur Shabbat. These are the last few moments they can use their phones or other technology before sunset.
The Hillel House sits on the 700 block of 3rd street. Hillel is the established Jewish Cultural Center on the IU-Bloomington campus.