Rosh Hashana and Nadjas story about Swedish Jewish heritage How to use the material In this post for social media, Nadja shares her story about what it is like to be a young Jewish person in Sweden today.
You can use the post during Rosh Hashana and to highlight that Sweden celebrates 250 years of Swedish Jewish life in 2025. In 2025, Rosh Hashana begins at sunset on 22 September.
Toolkit: Swedish Jewish life since 1775
Photo Download photo (JPG 712.8 KB) Photo of Nadja. Photo credit: MIRA & THILDA. Captions 'My great-great-great-great-grandfather, David Josephson, came to Sweden at the end of the 1700s. At that time, it was still a new thing that Jews could settle in Sweden without being forced to convert to Christianity.'
As Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – is about to begin, we'd like to mark the 250 years that have passed since Jews first gained the right to practise their religion in Sweden.
With Jewish people and culture having such long historical ties to Sweden, what's it like to be a young Jewish person in Sweden today? This is Nadja's story:
'Since my ancestor came to Sweden in the late 1700s, generations have passed: my great-grandfather Gunnar was chair of the Jewish community in Stockholm, and my grandfather Erland spoke openly about his Jewish heritage.
Pretty cool, a centuries-old Swedish Jewish family. But some people say that doesn’t really “count”. The Josephsons assimilated. My grandfather once said that Judaism would die with him.
What do you mean, die? Just because not everyone celebrates Passover? I often feel like there’s an expectation: to be a proud Jew, to be a good Jew. But what does that mean? To always protest antisemitism? To follow every tradition?
I often hide my Star of David. I’ve mostly laughed nervously when people say antisemitic things.
I don’t keep kosher, and I rarely go to synagogue. Am I still allowed to be proud?
And what if you’re not proud at all? Just scared, shy, or uninterested?
Can you still be a Jew?
I am who I am today, largely because of my Jewish heritage. And I find enormous satisfaction in the food, the culture, the thousand-year sense of belonging.
So, I guess I am a proud Jew! Regardless of performance level. And if you don’t feel proud, I still think that’s okay. You’re just as much a Jew anyway.'
Photo and text from the exhibition @stoltjude. Photo: MIRA & THILDA
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