I had never really been aware of the scope in which Moishe House has operated until Summer recently informed our house of the 39,000 participants that attended events last year! Wow, that is a huge number of people meeting, greeting, getting together, sharing, shmoozing, and enjoying one another's company.
The full tilt impact of Moishe House is hard to understand or quantify sometimes. However, since I have made the move from one Moishe House in Oakland to another one here in San Francisco, it always amazes me at how deep Moishe House San Francisco has asserted itself in the young adult community of San Francisco. My sister went on a blind date last week with a guy who played on the MHSF softball team two years ago, and the two of them exchanged names of people they both know through the house. We have a guest speaker, who currently lives in Israel and is traveling throughout North America to speak about the current state of Arab/Jewish relations and misunderstood stereotypes, coming to present for our house next week, someone I heard about from a woman that lives in the Philly house. I contacted him, and he said he is very familiar with the house, and knows all about the great work we do. However, he has never been to a Moishe House or actually met a resident, from the past or present. I have a friend that was traveling throughout South America, heard from someone he met on a bus one day about a "Jewish community house" in Buenos Aires that happily hosts Jewish travelers. Curious to learn more, he contacted them, and suddenly had some cool people to hang out with while passing through. They were even able to exchange stories about a certain Brady Gill....small world is right.
The Jewish community. We are a people that never ceases to believe of the small world we live in. With the popularity and growth of the Moishe House community, it is clear that this small world is only getting smaller and smaller, which is awesome!
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