Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise,

but problems like these aren't new, and the solutions don't have to be either.

For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love.

And it was spiritual traditions that offered wisdom and tools to help people find their way.

Tools that science is now discovering offer real benefits. Join me, Dave

Desteno, to explore how we can all use this wisdom, whatever our beliefs. Listen to how God

works from PRX, wherever you listen to podcasts. All right, you tell me when you're ready, beautiful.

Hello and welcome to chutzpod. Real life lived better, where each week we apply the

wisdom of Jewish tradition and a certain jinnasekwa to answer a letter sent by you,

the listener, about an issue that is live in your life. I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen.

Hey, Hannah.

Hi.

So here's my question for you today.

Have you ever felt the need to hide the fact that you're Jewish?

Personally, professionally, I don't know.

Have you ever seen me?

I mean, it would be like, I wish I had that option. Once someone asked me

this question before, and always comes to mind this very particular story that a friend of

mine told me about how she was in a mall, and there was a Santa in the mall, and the Santa was

ringing his bell, Merry Christmas everyone, Merry Christmas

everyone. And then pointed to her and said, and a happy Hanukkah to you. That feels like,

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