Well, for starters, you are automatically given the opportunity of a life time the moment you turn 18! Birthright! Actually, let me rephrase that; you get a free 10 day trip to Israel! You are placed in a group of 10-25 people of people from all over the country! I had people from New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and so on. Not only do you get to experience, first hand, the beautiful Israeli culture but you also get to learn all about other cultures from your birthright group. It is something that is unique to the Jewish culture that really makes being Jewish that much better.
While Christmas is great and all, Hannuka is about 8 times better. We get 8 nights of delicious jewish inspired dinners around the table and of course, 8 nights of gifts!
In general, Jewish food is pretty awesome! There's fallafel, eggs with tomato in the mornings, bread on every plate, shakshouka, matzah ball soup, hummus, need I say more?
Like all religions, Judaism is beautiful.
We hold one of the most holy locations in the world: The Western Wall where you can find thousands of hand written letters within the cracks of the stone. These letters are words of hope and faith. The Wailing Wall is place of worship where people surround every inch of it just to touch it for prayer. It's something you must see with your own eyes to truly understand the incredibleness.
So, being Jewish has it's perks. I love my religion and hope everyone can see the beauty in their own as well!
