Leah's Jewish Growth Timeline By LeahCC 1995 Begins kindergarten at Temple Emanuel Community Day School 1998 Receives first siddur 2002 Graduates from Day School Jun 21, 2003 Bat Mitzvah Officiated by Rabbi Jonathan Aaron and Cantor Yonah Kliger 2005 Starts Jewish Student Union at high school 2006 Joins Junior Cantors, leads Shabbat and High Holiday services Learned with Cantor Kliger 2006 Chants the 10 Commandments at Confirmation 2006 Travels to Israel for the first time (with group of American and Israeli teens) 2009 Works as counselor at Camp Modin for two summers 2010 Studies abroad in Spain for the semester Encounters Jewish community, unlike any she has met before. Meets many people who have never met anyone Jewish 2012 Counselor at Passport NYC 2015 Assistant Directs production of Bad Jews Jan 10, 2016 Completes yoga teacher training Sep 1, 2016 Begins teaching at Temple Sinai 2017 Moves to Jerusalem for year of study at Conservative Yeshiva Jun 26, 2017 Begins leading trips to Israel as counselor 2018 Joins synagogue for the first time Apr 13, 2018 Gets engaged in Jerusalem Aug 1, 2018 Begins teaching at Kesher Aug 25, 2019 Gets married Aug 27, 2019 Begins rabbinical school Sep 15, 2019 Co-leads high holiday services for the first time 2020 COVID seder alone with partner Sep 22, 2021 Begins 3rd year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem