By Anina Dassa
With all of the excitement of meeting new people, seeing new sights and trying some new delicious foods, we finally sat down for some reflection in Tel Aviv’s “Mindspace”. We needed to remind ourselves of why we were chosen for the Nachshon Project, and set our goals for not only the next five months, but for the rest of our short term future. We were told to think out of the box in terms of our Jewish future. Although the task seemed daunting, it was something that each of us in the room had thought about before. In fact, that was the whole reason we were sitting where we were as Nachshon fellows. We are committed to being Jewish leaders. I scribbled down my thoughts in excitement having hope that my dreams were achievable.
Once we finished our long term goals, we talked about our personal goals for the next five months. Each person pasted their goals on the wall for everyone to see. I felt comfort in the fact that many of my long term goals were similar to those around me. The people surrounding me wanted to better the world they lived in with creativity and innovation. After looking at everyone’s goals, I felt closer to my peers and I gained strength in the fact that we were all working towards a similar goal: To make our Jewish world stronger.
