Lea Thomas

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Apr 27, 2024, 12:10 AM

You’re Not Pro-Palestinian, Just Antisemitic

Everyone has had that experience when overhearing a joke that has just missed the line of being a joke. It is usually one of the classic lines relating to Jews and money, Jews and big noses, or Jews in...

Nov 15, 2023, 4:10 AM

Your Misinformation is Endangering Our Lives

My name is Lea Thomas, and I am an American Jewish Israeli student at the University of Arizona. I, along with countless of other Jewish students across the world, have been struggling with the immense backlash against Israel and...

Mar 3, 2022, 5:57 AM

I (unwillingly) went to Ash Wednesday Eucharist today

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Christian Holiday, Lent, traditionally known as the holiday where one gives something up (like chocolate), and also marks forty days before Easter. Ash Wednesday follows the holiday Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday....

Jan 28, 2022, 12:14 AM

Being a Jewish Teenager at an All-Girls Christian High School

In seventh grade, I switched from a small, Jewish community school to an all-girls Episcopalian school. My Jewish bubble turned into going to Chapel daily and having no school on Easter. I got used to needing to ask my...

Mar 2, 2021, 12:55 AM

The mental rollercoaster of being a student shut out of Israel

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We understand we're not citizens, and hence not the country's top priority for entry, but we're also not just tourists. It's affecting our mental health

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Lea Thomas is originally from Memphis, Tennessee, and is now a college freshman at the University of Arizona.

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