How a teen found a Jewish community he could call his own

How a teen found a Jewish community he could call his own

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. “I don’t know if I believe in God, but I think I like this Jewish thing.” I was in elementary school when I said this to my mother, a rabbi. She responded with something that would forever stick with me: “You don’t have to believe in God to be Jewish. For some people, Judaism …