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The Kotel until today
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My Zaidy's books
My grandfather died when I was 3 years old. Much of his library of Judaic books were stored in my closet and eventually I started looking at them thinking it would be cool to learn how to translate all those Hebrew words in case he ever asks me what I did with his books some day. -
Day School begins
I started a 12 year education journey in the Talmudical Academy in Baltimore. My teachers inspired me to either be like them or be the opposite of them depending on my school experience. -
Bar Mitzvah
I celebrated my Bar Mitzvah on a Sunday Rosh Chodesh way after I was 13 in order to avoid Shabbat length of parsha and different observance levels of Shabbat in our family. -
Camp Moshava summer camp
My one and only Jewish sleepaway summer camp year. It continued my Zionistic and Jewish growth. -
Gap year(s) in Israel
The two best years of my life without a doubt were right after high school in israel studying Torah at Neveh Zion and seeing the land. My high school Principal moved to israel the year before and I went there to study with him. -
Discovered Rav Kook's writings
Defining point of my Jewish growth when I discovered the mind blowing transformative writings of Rabbi Abraham Kook, first chief Rabbi of Palestine. He became my spiritual lodestar until this day. I view my Jewish growth in two halves, before I started learning Rav Kook's teachings and after I started to learn Rav Kook's teachings. -
Student Teaching
Year of student teaching of Russian students in Denver went great other than the fact they couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Russian. -
Marriage and Kollel
My wife Alissa and I met in Denver while I was student teaching. We were married and i spent the year studying for completing ordination in Kollel in New York. -
New teaching job and New child Nassan
We moved to Seattle where I taught middle school Judaic Studies and our first child was born. We named him after my grandfather Nassan. -
Our second child Elan is born
Our second son Elan is born named for the New Year for Trees. -
Assistant Principal
I became the Assistant Principal of Jewish studies at Northwest Yeshiva High School. -
Masters degree
I earned a Masters degree in Education Administration from Seattle Pacific University. -
Our daughter Batsheva is born
Our first daughter is born on Shabbat, hence the name. -
Our daughter Yaffa is born.
Our daughter Yaffa is born. She has special needs and life is very different. She was born with Down Syndrome. -
Head of School
I became head of school in a jewish High School in Atlanta. -
Second ordination
Earned second level of rabbinic ordination. -
Head of Special Needs school
Started new job running the Sulam special needs school for Jewish students. -
Doctoral Certificate
Earned Doctoral Certificate in Jewish Educational Leadership at Boston Hebrew College and Northeastern University.
