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I came into this course not knowing exactly what I was going to learn and what exactly what I was going to take away from it. While this course did not give me exact answers about my Judaism, it did open up many ideas and give me insight to many different topics.

This course showed me that there is no one answer to the question of “Who is a Jew” but rather a multitude of ideas that can explain Judaism. From the title of the course I thought that we would be exploring our own identities rather than those of other collective groups but I am really glad that I was able to learn about different kinds of Jews, Jewish Ideas and beliefs because it has showed me that what I have grown up to define as Jewish is only a small part of the Jewish world and its complexity.

While I don’t agree with everything that was said in this course I also really appreciate everyone’s different views and opinions of the different topics that we discussed. As I have been brought up in a house and community where most of the people I am with believe what I believe it was nice to be in a diverse environment discussing Judaism.

I want to thank everyone for their opinions and thoughts and I hope everyone had a wonderful semester.

Have a great summer!!!!