by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Identity, Jewish Ritual, Teens
At the time of my bat mitzvah, my party felt like a collision of all the different parts of my identity. It did not feel like a celebration or a coming of age. I was too young to take a step back and appreciate the beauty of the supernova. I was intoxicated by the...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Identity, Teens
There are countless words that have slipped through the cracks of translation, found the underground tunnels of a language, like water to its palm, always running through the ridges but never getting stuck. Words that don’t exist or simply don’t make sense in English...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
I have a vision in my head of antisemitism. What I thought it was: Barbed wire fences and crazed soldiers, yellow stars blinking against the dark hue of a winter coat, the looming choice of a baptism or execution. Swastikas, stabbings, shootings, news headlines...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Identity, Teens
When you learn something new in school, have you ever asked yourself, “When are we ever going to use this in real life?” I know I have. Many times (especially in calculus). This past year I took AP European History. Don’t get me wrong, I love learning about history,...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
Artist’s Statement: Oftentimes we feel stranded. Alone. Helpless. Lost. Longing for something new, different. My piece “Stranded” combines all these feelings. Taken in a field devastated by years of California drought, a somewhat “ugly” location, yet the main...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
The man The man who roams the earth Breaking hearts and breaking bones The man who is entitled To his white privilege and the mistreatment of females The man who believes That he is deserving of more love than he gives to others The man who doesn’t see people He only...
