Across the U.S., some young Jews are experiencing shifts in the way they practice Judaism. Especially during college, Jewish students discover their own sense of what it means to be Jewish, which manifests itself in their religion, their politics and their beliefs.
At Syracuse University, Zoe Glasser, Olivia Troilo, Mark Nash, Mira Berenbaum, Louis Platt, Audrey Liebhaber, Rachel Bershad, Isaac Chapin, Spencer Seligson and Ariana Mintz are all discovering what being Jewish means to them, though some are following in their parents’ beliefs and others are redefining Judaism.
I photographed this project for a photographic storytelling course in the fall of 2021. After initially pitching a project about Jewish students' perceptions of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, I learned from interviews that many did not have a strong opinion about the conflict, so I pivoted the project to focus on what students were talking about: their own Jewish identities.
At Syracuse University, Zoe Glasser, Olivia Troilo, Mark Nash, Mira Berenbaum, Louis Platt, Audrey Liebhaber, Rachel Bershad, Isaac Chapin, Spencer Seligson and Ariana Mintz are all discovering what being Jewish means to them, though some are following in their parents’ beliefs and others are redefining Judaism.
I photographed this project for a photographic storytelling course in the fall of 2021. After initially pitching a project about Jewish students' perceptions of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, I learned from interviews that many did not have a strong opinion about the conflict, so I pivoted the project to focus on what students were talking about: their own Jewish identities.