I Found Judaism at Columbia
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I am a teenager in a public school, and I have experienced a-lot of anti semetism, so I totally understand what you mean. Reply
Inspiring and Sarah/Cecile is so eloquent and full of contagious Jewish joy. Reply
Beautiful interview. With such students as Sara we see lots to be hopeful and positive about for the future. Reply
B'H Sarah! What a wonderful young woman! So proud of you. Keep up the beautiful gift Hashem gave all of us! Reply
What an amazing young woman! Reply
Yes, she really is. Thanks for your feedback! Reply
Sara's passion and sincerity is a true inspiration!!!
Thanks for coming on!
Sending hugs!
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A lovely young lady. Despite all the hate surrounding the campus and the dangers, the loss of friends and the hurt in that, she is so sweet and positive and full of joy and hope. I would recommend reading and studying Tanach itself. Try to read some of it every day, the actual text. There is so much there.
A book on philosophy I would recommend to Sara…. Law Without Authority or Limits: Kelsen’s Dilemma by Daniel Gruber.
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Thank you, Deanne.
Yes the Tanach is full of stories of strength, joy and hope despite the challenge and isolation. What a great idea.
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Sara is an amazing lady and an inspiration. Reply
I couldn't agree more, thanks for writing! Reply
This interview with Sarah was so beautiful. I am sorry that I never had the experiences that Sarah had. I, too, grew up with no Jewish education at all. Both pf my parents were Jewish but,
although they were proud Jews,they were not religous. I grew up in Chicago (then Skokie) but, after highschool, decided to travel around Europe and ended up marrying a Roman Catholic man (from whom I am now separated years after my being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis) and I now live in Assisi with a care-giver and am doing well but have NO connection to other Jews. (Here there are only churches. Luckily, through Internet, I am in touch with some Rabbis in Israel.The most interesting part of my life is that I am now (at the age of 76-40 years of MS) am now incredibly proud of being a Jew and dream of being able to learn more of my religion but need someone to help me.
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Wow, Joyce, what an incredible journey. I'm glad you have rabbis that you are in touch with and I hope you feel part of our chabad.org web community! There is so much available online to learn.
Wishing you well in your continued journey!
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Hi, Joyce. You can look up the website Jnet.org or Partners in Torah where they match you up with a partner you can learn Judaism with for free. Reply
So inspirational!
Another wonderful example of the all-embracing approach of Chabad.
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Thank you Chana for bringing such a beautiful , brave, amazing girl, very inspiring story, Yishar Koach to Sara, and to let her now the the other name of her great grandmother Nili is a very Israeli name acronym of “Netzach Israel Lo Yeshaker” and Sara
Behatzlacha on your right Derech.
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Thank you for writing, Elana. So interesting about the acronym of Nili. Thanks for sharing. Reply
I could not stop smiling during this interview. Sara thank you for splashing my day with Jewish sunshine and Hope. Thank you Chana too for your skills and time to bring us such interesting and inspiring people.Blessings. Reply
Thanks for writing! Sara/Cecile's pride really is like a ray of sunshine, making us all smile! Reply
Wow!!!! Heaven!!!! Unbelievable!!!! So inspiring!!!! Reply
We should organize to accompany the students on campus. Reply
That's an interesting idea! So sad that we need to even think in these terms... Reply
Wonderful again, love to both of you! Reply
This interview was meaningful to me after finding out several years ago that I am Jewish. I have felt robbed of my heritage after learning the truth so late in my life. I'm sure part of the reason Mom never told me was because of WWII with all of the anti-semitism during that time. She tended to live in a lot of fear, so I'm trying to understand the psyche behind that.
I am thankful to have learned about my roots, and have been doing research and studying Judaism for the last couple of years. There is an awakening in my soul with the study.
Thank you so much for your recordings!