While many students across the country enjoyed a three day weekend shopping, skiing, and sleeping late, many of the students in Kitah Dalet joined together with our Shaarey Zedek families for a morning of sharing and caring at our Community Action Day. Thank you to everyone who participated, the experience was quite extraordinary.
To further bring home the lessons we learned at our experiential hand-on activity, we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in class on Tuesday. We learned about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, a Jewish peace activist who joined together with Dr. King marching for freedom for all. We compared the ideas of racism and antisemitism, and talked about the Jewish values of Tikkun Olam, our responsibility to care for the world. We talked about community and how Jewish law demands we seek justice for all, quite similar to the words in the Pledge of Allegiance many students recite each morning before beginning their day at school.
In our short thirty minutes we shared stories about standing up and doing the right thing, and the basic Jewish value that we are all created Betzelem Elokim, in GOD's image. We talked about Jewish law demanding that we care for others through acts of kindness and the importance of helping those in need. We talked about our responsibility to make the world better by building a relationship to GOD through doing kind things for one's self and for others. What perfect lessons for all of us to remember when thinking about making the world a better place.
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