Our Taglit-Birthright Israel trip began like any other group’s. After weeks of planning and anticipation, we finally assembled at the El Al counters at Newark Airport’s Terminal B.
What makes a Passover seder special? Maybe it’s the meal? Or is it the people we dine with? Perhaps it is the ancient songs that we join together in singing.
I now proudly define myself not as an assimilated Jew, but as a modern and engaged Jew who is committed to Jewish life and practice while still living a life in the secular world.