A Soulful Journey

 "Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story.  That is his duty." Elie Wiesel

A bright torch greeted weary travelers, your ancestors, when they reached the shores of America.     She was a tall and stately woman with a beacon of light held in her outstretched arms.     It was the light of hope, refuge and all that America stands for- freedom, equality and opportunities to learn and grow. Lady Liberty. “In the beginning of God creating the heaven and earth, there was chaos, and darkness….” So commences the holiest Book we possess, the foundation stone of our religious core.  God took that chaotic mix and made out if it order, where humanity might thrive. And in our time out of a cauldron of chaos and darkness came survivors of a Holocaust that has traumatized our entire civilization. The light in the harbor was not only a new beginning but a unique opportunity to teach the world what can happen when chaos and darkness returns its vise-like grip on the world.    From the stories of the Holocaust emerges a legacy tha...

“When I was in Israel, I asked a little boy, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”   He quickly answered, “alive.” – Rabbi Saul Teplitz

“In the sense of survival today, everyone is a Jew . ”   - Satre Learn how to continue and not give up.   

Every fruit has its season and climate when it blooms and grows.   Some fruits only flourish in golden sunshine and cannot tolerate the cold.   Others wither and shrivel in hot weather.   However, the etrog is the only fruit which grows in winter and summer.   It is able to survive heat, cold, snow, and rain.   As are the fruits so are nations.   Each nation has its place and environment in which it thrives.   The Jews, however, are strewn throughout the world and live sometimes under harsh conditions.   Like the etrog, which is the symbol of the Jew, they overcome all obstacles and manage to survive.   Like the etrog, the Jews will never become extinct. -Unknown