March 18-Day 4
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Tonight was our opening ceremony with all our Israeli and American Diller fellows. Our parents joined as well as many people who help make the Diller experience possible for us. We all had a good dinner together that did not include sandwiches. Tal Gale and Liat Cohen-Raviv are the two women in charge of all of Diller internationally. They did a workshop with us where we studied biblical text and the story of Moses taking the twelve tribes into Israel. The discussions were deep and touched upon how Jews feel connected even though they are separated. Why do we feel sad when we hear about a Jew dying on the news even though we do not know them. The same connection that we as American Jews feel with our Israeli counterparts even though we have never met them. This connection makes me think of how Moses, even thousands of years ago, could be such a good leader and know that the Jewish people will eventually become separated and make decisions accordingly. This makes me want to shape my leadership skills around Moses and how he thinks of not himself but the future of a whole people. These feelings and connections define the Peoplehood of the Jewish Diaspora.
By Zane Braslawsce
By Zane Braslawsce