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liana Hoffman

Special to the Jewish News

I

t's easy to say "I know exactly how
you feel:' but actually understand-
ing how someone else is feeling
and what they are going through is
completely different. The opportunities
I have been given in Wexner Service
Corps (WSC), a program for Jewish teens
in Columbus, Ohio, have allowed me to
step out of the privileged bubble I am
guilty of living in and open myself up to
empathizing with others around me.
Our WSC cohort began our year
with a service trip to Detroit, where
we worked with fellows from Repair
the World Detroit. To begin our week,
we headed to B'nai David Cemetery in
Detroit to weed around the gravestones.
Our second day was spent at Detroit's
Pasteur Elementary School, getting to
know students of all ages and making
and performing skits about summer.
WSC member Hunter Cohn said, "The
friendships and bonds emerged almost
instantly, and their continual strengthen-
ing was empowering:'
Making a field day for students at
Detroit's Maybury Elementary was my
favorite activity because I felt and saw
the joy I was bringing to the children as
we danced our way through field day
stations, playing soccer, blowing bubbles
and covering our bodies in temporary
tattoos.
After two days working with children,
it was time to get our hands dirty as we
weeded, planted and gardened at Voices
for Earth Justice, Keep Growing Detroit
and on Belle Isle.
On our last day of service, we spent
the morning at Gleaners Community
Food Bank of Southeastern Michign
organizing and packaging cereal boxes
and learning the true efficiency of Henry
Ford's assembly line.
Cohn described this day by saying that
"teamwork makes the dream work"
"I learned that through service and
holistically authentic acts of kindness,
anyone can make a difference," he said.

Wexner Service Corps members
members Claire Klodell and Hannah
Blumenfeld work on an urban garden
with Voices for Earth Justice at
"Hope Corner" in Southfield.

"Further, if we combine our efforts and
work toward a cause, anything is pos-
sible:'
Throughout the week, we engaged
in nightly Jewish learning sessions. As
one corps member said, "The sessions
gave me a stronger sense of my duty as
a Jew and why helping others means so
much. Learning about the Jewish text
that talks about service gave the work we
accomplished a deeper and more special
meaning:'
Another corps member said, "I always
knew it was important to give, but I now
know why. The trip strengthened my
Jewish identity by first teaching me the
importance of giving and then showing
ways I can do that:'
Cohn said, "This trip was the most
influential experience thus far in my
discovery of Judaism. Working toward
a genuinely good cause with no strings
attached, surrounded by inspiring lead-
ers, is an element of Judaism I'd never
before considered. This program exem-
plifies the impact we as Jewish people
can make no matter how small we may
be in numbers:'

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liana Hoffman is a high school senior in

Columbus, Ohio, and a member of the

Wexner Service Corps, a selective program

designed to inspire and unite Columbus-area

Jewish teens to engage in service learning.

WSC members participate in a weeklong ser-

vice trip followed by a year of monthly vol-

unteering and Jewish learning. The program

is supported by Leslie and Abigail Wexner

and the Wexner Foundation.

