Jewish Education

What is the secret of Jewish survival? How are we still alive and thriving after generation after generation of expulsions, oppression, and attempted extermination? The Jewish people are the most successful multi-generational franchise in history, and it’s all thanks to our commitment to Jewish education. It’s the link between the past, the present and the future.

Before G-d gave us the Torah on Mount Sinai, He asked the Jewish people who would be their guarantors that the Torah would not be abandoned. The Jews offered their elders and scholars, but G-d was not satisfied. Finally they said, “Our children will be our guarantors.” Three thousand-plus years later, we’re still at our mission, still teaching it to our children, and to everyone else we know.

While Jewish education primarily centers around the young, this mitzvah applies to teaching anyone, starting with ourselves. In order to inspire others, we need to first inspire ourselves. Enthusiasm is contagious!