Eve. of Sat., April 27–Sun., April 28
23rd of Nisan–Omer 8
The most impactful thing that my Dad taught me about being a Jew was to be accepting of everyone from all backgrounds (don’t let religion come between people), because we’re more similar than we are different.
— Rachel Beck
Eve. of Sun., April 28–Mon., April 29
24th of Nisan–Omer 9
The most impactful thing my teacher, Mrs. Eisenberg taught me about being a Jew was learning Hebrew because Torah is important to me.
— Henry Casher
Eve. of Tues., April 30–Wed., May 1
26th of Nisan–Omer 11
The most impactful thing that my Mother & Father taught me about being a Jew was to have strong, positive values & ethics, because being a good, practicing Jew is the way to “live your life”!
— Andy Schmitt
Eve. of Wed., May 1–Thurs., May 2
27th of Nisan–Omer 12Yom HaShoah
The most impactful thing that my Mom and Dad taught me about being a Jew was going to Tot Shabbat because we get to learn from Rabbi.
— Minda Raithel
Eve. of Thurs., May 2–Fri., May 3
28th of Nisan–Omer 13
The most impactful thing that my own heart taught me about being a Jew is that I am one, because when I heard the service prayers for the first time, they were familiar!
— Tom Congedo
Eve. of Fri., May 3–Sat., May 4
29th of Nisan–Omer 14
The most impactful thing my RABBIS (plural) taught me about being a Jew (and a mindful human being) was to “be in the moment” because when looking too far ahead or too far backward you miss the miracles right in front of you.
— Barbara Fisher