47 Days 'til Passover!
Purim isn't even here yet and already my head is swimming with visions of matzah and maror. I've been crazy busy with planning for this year's Pesach Project -- looking at hotels, drafting and re-drafting itineraries, setting up meetings/conference calls/video conferences and building planning teams around the world. It's a massive undertaking, but totally up my ally.
Today was a big day. Avraham Infeld and Aaron Goldberg from Hillel's Schusterman International Center were visiting St. Petersburg to talk about the JAFI/Hillel merger that is slowly occurring across the FSU. If this is news to you, wake up and smell the coffee: the merger was made public back in December. Anyway, it also happens to be the day we randomly decided to hold our first local planning committee meeting, which involved players from JAFI and Hillel. Officially, it was the first time both parties sat across from each other, rolled up their sleeves and agreed to tackle a project of this scale together. Despite a few uneasy moments at today's meeting, overall, it went really well. I left the meeting really optimistic and upbeat about the collaboration we are building on the ground in St. Petersburg. Pesach Project is going to be a good catalyst for bringing Hillel and JAFI together and I feel proud to be part of the process.
One of my colleagues at Palm Beach Federation sent me a link to a video he made after participating in Pesach Project 2005. It captures perfectly the energy and spirit of the initiative. Enjoy watching!
Today was a big day. Avraham Infeld and Aaron Goldberg from Hillel's Schusterman International Center were visiting St. Petersburg to talk about the JAFI/Hillel merger that is slowly occurring across the FSU. If this is news to you, wake up and smell the coffee: the merger was made public back in December. Anyway, it also happens to be the day we randomly decided to hold our first local planning committee meeting, which involved players from JAFI and Hillel. Officially, it was the first time both parties sat across from each other, rolled up their sleeves and agreed to tackle a project of this scale together. Despite a few uneasy moments at today's meeting, overall, it went really well. I left the meeting really optimistic and upbeat about the collaboration we are building on the ground in St. Petersburg. Pesach Project is going to be a good catalyst for bringing Hillel and JAFI together and I feel proud to be part of the process.
One of my colleagues at Palm Beach Federation sent me a link to a video he made after participating in Pesach Project 2005. It captures perfectly the energy and spirit of the initiative. Enjoy watching!
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