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» Primary Season Meet candidates for Congress in
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An Israeli flag lends a show of support
as people wait to pass through security.

metro

Anti-
Semitism
Rises In
Europe

Amanda Borschel-Dan

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Times of Israel

he room was packed to capac-
ity at the Knesset on Monday
for an emergency meeting on
the "rising wave of violent anti-Semitic
and anti-Israel demonstrations sweeping
Europe," with MKs (members of Knesset)
and diaspora Jewish leaders offering tes-
timony and issuing condemnations.

Transgender teen,
family break
barriers on
the path to his
authentic life.

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Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer

In the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, pro-

Palestinian rioters broke shop windows
and set fires on July 20.

unter Jordan Keith, 15, has always known he was
different. For the first 14 years of his life, he lived
inside the female body he was born with, going by
his given name, Olivia Lauren Keith. Looking back, he says
he never felt comfortable as a female; often he felt trapped
and betrayed by his own body.
"In fifth grade, I remember watching a TV show on

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female-to-male transition, and I thought, 'Wait, that's me:"
Hunter said. "I'd never been 'one of the girls;' I usually hung
out with the boys."
At 14, Hunter began doing extensive Internet research
about gender and sexuality. He learned what it meant to be
transgender and familiarized himself with various treatment
options, such as testosterone and various surgical procedures.
He identified with a YouTube video series created by a teen
in the process of transitioning from a female to a male.
"I kept seeing myself in every single bit:' Hunter said.
"This is me, this is me ... it was like a checklist. Finally,
there was no doubt in my mind"
When Hunter told his parents, Roz and Richard Keith
of Farmington Hills, he was transgender, they were not
shocked, but both admit it took some time to

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