M² Staff Reflections

With Rosh Hashanah around the corner, our Jewish calling to introspect is here. The beautiful thing about this holiday, though, is that we’re all in it together.

What I started to be able to name for my kids, as we worked on both creating and then discussing these dilemmas, was that each of them often prioritizes particular but differing values.

Jewish ideas gain meaning when they are intertwined in our lives in a meaningful way, and it is our duty as educators to help our learners experience Judaism, not just consume it. And to me, the same goes for reading.

Close your eyes and you can picture the pushcarts selling all sorts of wares, the throngs of people—our ancestors—shopping, praying, playing, striving to make a living, and figuring out, in their mix of Yiddish and English, what it means to be Jewish in their new home and how Judaism and America can thrive together.