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Rabbi Benji Levy

A healthy Jewish communal body cannot thrive on a diet of tragedy alone. It cannot devolve into a skeleton devoid of marrow, based on external threats, and instead must celebrate the inner beauty of Jewish life.
History, especially Jewish history, is known to repeat itself, so it comes as no surprise that the theme of the Purim story is the demonizing and delegitimization of the Jews of ancient Persia.
By reframing service initiatives through the Jewish lens, we can give young Jews, who may be hoping to become part of something “bigger than themselves,” the greatest gift of all: a reminder that they already are.