Draizy Junik is well acquainted with the challenges of living a Jewish life in Vermont, a state that, while home to a well-known Jewish Democratic presidential candidate, has a total Jewish population of about 20,000 people.
As a kid, Junik was home schooled until the age of 13 and then sent off to a Jewish school in Montreal, 100 miles to the north, returning home only for Shabbat. Vermont is home to 14 synagogues and four centers affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement, but no Jewish educational institution for kids older than five.
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