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Naomi Ashira Shenassa Toubian

Naomi Ashira Shenassa Toubian

Naomi Ashira Shenassa Toubian, 18, is a first-year student at UC Berkeley studying cognitive science on the pre-med track. She is a board member of Students Supporting Israel, Tikvah and Challah for Hunger, an intern for Repair the World, a Hillel Schultz Fellow and an avid member of the campus Chabad and Hillel.

A student at Berkeley Hillel wears a “Bring Them Home – Now!” dog tag in March 2024 in support of the hostages taken by Hamas. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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In their words: My necklace became my armor

Naomi Ashira Shenassa Toubian by Naomi Ashira Shenassa Toubian April 21, 2025April 22, 2025

This is the first in a series of brief essays by Northern California high school and college students who describe themselves as pro-Israel. As Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel’s independence day) approaches, […]

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