travels and blogging

hey all! David Weinberg in MHDC here. I've been in Israel over the last week, so please excuse the late blog posting.

here's what I think: moishe house let's us all be grownups, despite serving the needs of a young community.

why do I say that? well first off, we get to play host. that's key. it's like being parents and having roughly 100 children a month come over for playdates at your place. also, instead of forcing creative judaism on others, we get to create a nurturing space in which for others to find their comfortable means of self-expression. but really, what it comes down to for me is the notion of tikkun olam in the Americanized sense of it. What do we all want to be when we grow up? No matter what the specific, individual answers may be for each one of us, the general answer is always to change the world. Now, the particular answers usually vary based on how each of us views meaningful avenues for change in the world and other factors, but the goal is strikingly, uniformly the same. very few corporate raiders say "i just wanna get rich." very few politicians claim they're in it for the power, even if they end up embezzling or doing greasy things thusly.

I digress.

Point is, by doing what we all to in our respective Moishe Houses, we're ALREADY making the world a better place.

So what do you want to be when you grow up? My answer for today is "a good person and a facilitator of Jewish education". I think yours is already, too!

the end.