Today, I was honored enough to be one of the Hillel at Baruch’s 25 students to attend the evening of “Inspiring Jewish Greatness” event. The event was presented by Olami, which is a worldwide network of Jewish outreach efforts aiming to forge a deep, meaningful connection to Judaism based on practice and commitment. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Education and known as the Minister of the Jews was the guest of honor and spoke on topics revolving our culture. Through this event, I was able to meet and get to know a number of new people, in the mere matter of hours. It was amazing how genuinely kind and open everyone was towards each other and it made me feel even more fully connected to my religion. And not to mention, the 3 course meal was to die for! Naftali spoke about various topics, including the fact that we must come together as a religion in order to work as one to positively effect the world we are living in. While he was speaking up on that stage and was able to connect with every single person in the audience in a different way was truly beautiful. You could feel the immense positive energy that began to influx the room. I was never at such an event that made me feel more connected to my religion and I’m immensely thankful for the opportunity Baruch has given me and I look forward to even more amazing events like this one. 
-Naftali Bennett at the event
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