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I don’t miss my father the way people expect—I miss the version of me who might’ve existed if he’d shown up consistently

My father left my mom and me when I was 2. People assume I miss my dad the way you miss someone who died. Like there’s a hole shaped exactly like him, and if he’d just step back into it, everything ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

I lost my dad at 12 — and found my Jewish identity in the spaces he left behind

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. In August of 2021 my father ...