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When I volunteered with BJ to help settle a refugee family, I knew that I would be part of a team that would change a family’s life. What I didn’t realize was how it would change my life.
When I volunteered with BJ to help settle a refugee family, I knew that I would be part of a team that would change a family’s life. What I didn’t realize was how it would change my life.
It’s easy to go about one’s life and believe you are grateful for what you have and wish to share and give back and make the world a better place. But being immersed within a family, with a young child, who have just picked themselves up, left their country with nothing but a few suitcases and the clothes on their backs to achieve safety and opportunity, to not speak the language, to start over professionally, to have no home and depend on strangers—you in particular!—is a most profound experience. It is actually an honor. It is humbling and you quickly are reminded that we are all the same, just born into different circumstances, and we are put on this earth to take care of each other. We simply must.
There is much to celebrate and this experience is a testament to the power of community, humanity, tzedakah, and the spirit of what BJ does. I will be eternally grateful to have been part of this team.
Please join me in supporting BJ so that we can continue to take care of each other.
Thank you for your generosity. With your help, B’nai Jeshurun is better equipped to pursue its vision of a transformative spiritual community and a more just and peaceful world.
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