Seeing me as a Jew

Sometimes, someone remembers and asks me how chanukah was, or asks if I can eat anything at this work event. Other times, as in the days after 10-7, my work friends avert their eyes and look away when I pass them in the hallway. Of the 20 people I interact with daily, ONE of them asked me if I was ok, if my family was ok, and she gave me the space to say "no, I'm not."

My name is Hebrew, but it's not well known. I am often asked about it and that is some sort of test for me, more so now than ever before. Do I say "my parents just liked it?" Or do I say "it's Hebrew."
I am in a professional field with few Jews. I am observant, which makes me stand out even more. It has never been easy to be Jewish at work, but right now it is not really easy to be Jewish ANYWHERE outside our insular communal spaces.

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