4. I am proud of my Jewish
heritage but not because……
• I was raised in a Jewish home – I wasn’t
• I went to Hebrew school – I didn’t
• I went to camp – I didn’t
• I have memories of our family going to
synagogue together – we didn’t
• I have been to Israel – I haven’t
5. I am passionate about being
Jewish because……
It matches up with my other passions:
• I love to learn
• I love to laugh
• I love ancient cultures and exotic places
• I have an interest in social justice
And also because of shared culture and traditions
6. I didn’t realize any of this until
I came to Jacksonville.
In NY that culture and
tradition were part of the In Jacksonville, not so
environment. much.
7. I came to the Center and the JJC
Preschool and MJGDS and discovered
that part of what I missed about NY was
being Jewish and I discovered my pride in
it.
8. I learned that if I wanted our
children to feel that way too,
• they weren’t going to get it from the local culture,
• they weren’t going to get it from our extended
family because they are not here,
• and they weren’t going to learn it from me
because I didn’t have the tools.
10. Once here I
learned a lot
more about
the
importance
of a Jewish
Day School
education.
11. I can cite facts:
• “An extensive Jewish Day • Bilingual education
School education is the increases academic
most important contributor success in all areas.
to the formation of strong Second language students
Jewish identities.” have higher academic
Partnership for Excellence achievement scores,
in Jewish Education better adaptability in other
http:/www.peje.org cultures, and Hebrew
challenges the mind more
than Roman alphabet
languages.
20. A big thank you to all the people who work here.
I hope you know that, whether or not
you are Jewish, you are helping
families and doing meaningful work.
