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Trying to connect more deeply with Judaism but feeling totally lost — where do I begin?

Hi, sorry if this gets asked a lot. Im 17F and was raised secular and never really learned much about Judaism beyond the very basics. Lately, I’ve been feeling a strong pull to reconnect (more culturally / spiritually than religiously though) but I feel so overwhelmed and honestly kind of lost.

I don’t have a Jewish community in my town, and my family isn’t interested in growing Jewishly with me. The few times I’ve been able to attend a Jewish event or service, I’ve realized how much I don’t know like basic prayers/songs, there are holidays I’ve never heard of, I felt like a bystander.

I really want to build a Jewish life, but I have no idea where or how to start. Are there resources or practices that helped you if you were in a similar place? What’s a good way to begin learning when there’s no community? I think the synagogue in my town just closed down because not enough Jews went, and those left were mainly senior citizens. I didn’t go to Hebrew school as a kid because I would’ve been the only person in my age group.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or guidance even if this is a generic ask. I’d just really like to stop feeling so disconnected from something that’s important to me. I know a lot of people have probably been here though

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