Despite her early spiritual decision, her family wasn’t religious, and she didn’t really grow up Jewish. Robinson is black, and grew up in the predominantly Catholic south side of Long Island, N.Y. “That was when I was thinking, religiously, ‘Which path do I take?’ I just remember always feeling right being Jewish, feeling safe there.” “I remember thinking, ‘What’s so important about Jesus?’” she recalls. Her interfaith parents sent her to both Jewish and Christian extracurriculars – a Temple Tots program led by a staunch rabbi too old for the job, and a part-time Bible school. When Jasmine Robinson was a preschooler, she had a choice to make.
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