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Shari Rabin

Shari Rabin

Chutzpah Chonicles

Shari Rabin is a junior at Boston University. Raised as a Conservative Jew in Wisconsin and Georgia, she is studying religion with a focus on religion in America, partially because she can't bring herself to choose just one religion to study. A young urban Jewess, Shari will record her observations and intellectual meanderings in her blog, The Chutzpah Chronicles. Close.

Shari Rabin

Chutzpah Chronicles

Shari Rabin is a junior at Boston University, where she is studying religion with a focus on religion in America. more »

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Good for the Jews

Last week I voted in my first presidential primary, in Massachusetts. My mom and step-dad voted too. Each of us voted with concern for what would be “good for the Jews,” and yet we voted for three different candidates.

Reading this week for class about American Muslim efforts to have their concerns taken seriously by politicians made me realize what a lucky situation my people are in.

The “good for the Jews” hurdle has been jumped. Most major candidates are considered "good for the Jews" and we now have the ability to express our opinions on other, broader issues. We've got options and it feels good.

Posted by Shari Rabin on February 6, 2008

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