My experience in Hillel 20 minutes money was great. When I enter the class I was served with different varieties of pizzas. They told us to sit and listen. I learned about Jewish culture and why they celebrate Rosh Hashanah holiday of why they celebrate that day is because Rosh Hashanah is the creation of the World. It is time to recreate ourselves by recognizing our faults, repenting and asking forgiveness from others of our sins, all leading to otonement granted by G-d for our action. A special synagogue service is held during the daytime during Rosh Hashanah. She said it is like Sabbath service, but there are extra song and prayers that help people reflect and think about their lives. The presenter talked about her life and she said she was Jewish and she was also adopted by a Jewish family and that family adopted her because her kids died. She also talked about her mom’s dream and said her mom saw a dream that she watch her kids in her dream on the rooftop of their house and her mom miss her real kids a lot, but that never bring her away from this foster family because they never treat her as she is separate they alway treat her as her own daughter and she always feel comfortable with them. She talked more about her experience and how thing went in her personal life which I don’t want to include in this blog post because that’s personal. After she was done giving her background stories she asked other about their stories and only few shared their stories. Then we watched some videos.
My impression on this activity was very good because I get to learn about different culture and different perspectives of people’s life. I know a lot about my culture and American culture but learning about Jewish culture was very new for me and taught me a lot. This workshop is making me curious to learn more about them and not just them about every culture and might make me an Anthropologist.
