Carmel Ayala Tanaka is a Jewish community professional in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is the former director of Hillel BC Society at the University of Victoria and the founder of JQT Vancouver, a Jewish queer and trans group, and of Genocide Prevention BC. She can be reached here.
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One sliver lining of quarantine has been spending quality time with my Japanese father and Israeli mother.