All I could think about was the journey that had brought me to this moment
Israel and Judaism played minor roles in my life as I grew up in Toronto, Canada, attending public schools with few Jews. In 1984 I was a radio copywriter in southwest Ontario, and early in my post-college career, I won a national award for an X-mas commercial I’d written.
Before making a post-award career move to a bigger market, I decided to quit my job and go backpacking through Europe. Through yad Hashem, I ended up in Israel (I had no plans to visit), and that sparked a journey to Judaism that changed the course of my life.
Now fast forward to 2018.
After over 30 years of working to strengthen Jewish communities in Canada and the United States, and after founding The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) that’s now called Momentum, my husband and I merited to make Israel our home.
There I was, at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, holding a miracle — my first grandchild — feeling the purest love I’ve ever felt. This precious, tiny bundle was not only the first grandchild to be born on both sides of the family; she was the first from our family lines to be born in Eretz Yisrael.
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