This month has been huge. Our community is coming together to create the experiences of Judaism that they are seeking, and the members of our house have really started stepping into the roles of facilitators and supporters for the dreams that our community want to create--a Jewish experience filled with creativity, spiritual exploration, and striving for justice. I just took a count on the mintranet, and Moishe House Boston has organized 20 events in the month of March. Twenty.
Let me provide an example of how incredible our community is. The Shabbat team, a group of folk in our community who make Shabbat experiences happen through the house, has been meeting monthly. Last week, there was a meeting in our house that occured entirely independently of house members--other members of our community facilitated, organized, and attended. I was in New York City for the night, so I called in to participate in the meeting by phone. But it was amazing--just a few months ago, Margie and I were organizing Shabbat basically on our own on behalf of the community, and now there is this incredible dynamic group of people in our community who are taking it into their own hands, and I can focus my efforts in supporting this amazing group, rather than on working on my own on behalf of the community. The experience has been somewhat like starting a concert as the performer and having it gradually transform into a jam session in which everyone is playing.
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