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'Why I wear my star': The young Americans choosing to be visibly Jewish

About four years ago, after a deadly shooting at a synagogue in California, two American-Jewish high school students,聽Abby Adams from North Carolina and Sammy Gabbai from Florida, both 17 at the time, started an Instagram account.

Why I Wear My Star features posts containing people鈥檚 reasons for wearing the Star of David jewellery and other Judaica. They stopped updating the account for a while - but started it聽again after Hamas attackers killed about 1,200 people in a surprise assault on Israel on Oct. 7. They've been speaking to Krupa Padhy

Photo shows: Sammy Gabbai

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