Eddie

Shalom!  My name is Eddie. I went to Moriah for elementary school and am now a student at Frisch. I am 16 years old. I love to visit new places and meet new people. The most interesting place I ever had the opportunity to experience was New Orleans. My favorite book is The Catcher in the Rye. My favorite childhood book was Amelia Bedilia Learns to Drive. As a modern orthodox Jew i hold very tightly to my Jewish values. I feel a strong scene of Jewish Identity and am proud of my American-Jewish heritage. My family has been in America for thirteen generations. I feel that it is very important to be accepting of people of all backgrounds because i come from two extreme backgrounds. My mother grew up as a reformed Jew with little knowlage of halacha and Torah. My father comes from a long line of orthodox rabbis and had an intensive Jewish Yeshiva education. My background inspired me to become a member of Haddasa's pluralistic youth Zionist movement "Young Judaea". I also co-founded a local community service organization which strives to achieve communal integration through social service.  In my free time I participate in several clubs and teams. I am an avid swimmer and swim three or four times a week. I also am on the Frisch debate team, and am on a youth leadership board run by the JCC. I am a very strong advocate for youth social action and try to take every opportunity to get youth involved in community service and social justice. I strongly agree with something said by James Baldwin, "The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world." I try to live by this standard and with every endeavor I embark upon i keep this ideal in mind.