Jessica Youseffi
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Jessica Youseffi is a British expat residing in Los Angeles and a community organizer with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. She recently graduated in Fall '11 from the Annenberg School of Journalism, and gravitates to writing stories on the role of religion, spirituality and ethics in our society.

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Welcoming Synagogues: Queering Jewish Religious Spaces

(8) Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 12:21 PM

Rebecca S. Wax knows what it's like to feel unwelcome.

"I have an Orthodox [Jewish] sister, 14 years older, and when I came out at 22 she brought me straight to the rabbi's wife," said Wax. "It was really scary. She said I would be sad and lonely my...

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Women Underrepresented In Hollywood On Screen And Behind The Camera

(1) Comments | Posted February 24, 2010 | 12:34 PM

(The following story by Jessica Youseffi comes courtesy of Neon Tommy, the voice of Annenberg Digital News. )

Females in Hollywood continue to be just as significantly marginalized, hyper-sexualized and underrepresented as they were 30 years ago, according to a study released Tuesday by USC Annenberg professor Stacy...

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