el Museo

Tonight I spent one hour with the five oldest teenagers in the Jewish community, five girls whose personalities create a great mixture of sensitivity, energy, opinions, and experience. Rabbi Pablo Berman and his wife "Mora" Perla de Berman, have been working with the group on identity projects since the beginning of the school year. We are now working together to create a hands-on experience for these five young women.

I thought it might be a good idea to combine my final "audio" presentation for the community with five mini-exhibits from each member of this group. I suggested they pick a "theme" and from there, I would set up research outlines with each one (on an individual basis) and recommend that they speak with certain community members, etc. Their personal goals are different but the overall group goal is to present the community history of their chosen theme.

When we started brainstorming about different theme options, the conversation became very animated. Some suggested topics like: intermarriage, conversion, marriage, community relationships, relationship with the Evangelical Christian and/or Catholic majority, immigration, rituals, youth groups, leadership, relationship to Israel, gender relations, etc.

Next Monday, we get started.....