This past weekend I was in Santa Monica with the Professional Leaders Project, a pretty cool leadership development project for young Jews who are active in the community either as professional or lay leaders.
Met a ton of cool folks there, but part of what made the time so fulfilling was the number of people who came up to me to ask about Moishe House. Folks from all around the country -- hell, all around the world -- have heard about this project and what we're doing, and they want in on the action. Let me just highlight two conversations that felt really exciting...
1) I spoke at length with a girl from Sydney, Australia, who had heard about the growth of the Moishe House network internationally and was stoked to try to get a house going down under. She had the beginnings of a really vibrant community already going, but thought that connecting to our broader network could really strengthen her work and make her own Jewish community feel like they were part of something bigger. As I said to Cygielman at the end of the weekend, pretty soon we'll all be able to travel the world and stay in Moishe Houses wherever we go!
2) Also, I met one of the leaders of Hazon, an organization working "to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community -- as a step towards a healthier and more sustainable world for all." We discussed the possibility of hooking all of the Moishe Houses up with CSAs (to learn more about community supported agriculture, check out this site: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/). The idea of making sure our programming supports local farmers and helps build the movement for environmental sustainability is very cool, and I'm psyched to try and make it happen.
Anyhow, I guess all I'm saying is that I'm feeling good about what we're doing. So let's keep on, brothers and sisters!
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