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reach out to Spirit and connect
with loved ones on the other
side, Rosen said.
“We all have the gift to a
certain degree. It’s like a mus-
cle that requires development.
Meditation helps. It gets you out
of your mind and ego so your
intuitive senses can start work-
ing. It takes practice and faith
and trust.
”
For those still working on our
own intuitive skills, a reading
with someone like Rosen can
provide comfort and validation
to those who are grieving.
“My group reading with
Rebecca changed my life,
” says
Adam Weiner of Ann Arbor.
“I was a skeptic but decided
to open my mind and my
heart and see what happened.
”
Weiner says the guidance Rosen
provided from the other side
helped him become a better
father.
Matruka Sherman of Ann
Arbor, shares that her late
husband, Richard Mann, a
professor at the University of
Michigan, met with Rosen,
who helped him connect to his
deceased son, who had passed
from ALS and couldn’t speak
at the end of his life. “Through
Rebecca, he told him he was
free of pain and happy and
learning, studying, growing and
evolving … He told her that it
took him leaving the physical
body to open and to remember
the truth that there is a God …
The validation and relief that
this brought to my husband and
myself was immeasurable.
”
Rosen will be introducing
her new book and provid-
ing audience readings on
Wednesday, May 17, from 7-9
p.m. at the Berman Center for
the Performing Arts at the JCC.
Attendees can expect to experi-
ence validation that we are not
alone as we journey through
“Earth School.
”
Tickets start at $96 and can be pur-
chased at https://tinyurl.com/4nu7rd4v.
Each ticket purchase includes a signed
copy of the book. Rebecca will also be
available following the event for a book
signing for more personal inscriptions.
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Rebecca
Rosen tapes
her podcast.
F
lint Sheriff Christopher
R. Swanson proclaimed
April 2, 2023, to be
“Education Day, Genesee
County.
” With a growing men-
tal health crisis and crisis of
purpose among young people,
Education Day seeks to high-
light the critical need for moral
and ethical education.
At an event on April 5 at
the Genesee County Sheriff’s
office, Swanson was joined
by community members and
influencers from around the
country, including Rabbi
Sholom Lipskar, founder
and chairman of the Aleph
Institute. The Aleph Institute
is an organization committed
to criminal justice reform and
recidivism reduction through
preventive-education and faith-
based rehabilitation programs,
re-entry assistance, alternative
sentencing guidance and coun-
sel, and policy research and
recommendations.
Swanson presented this
year’s Education and Sharing
Day proclamation to Rabbi
Israel Weingarten of Chabad of
Eastern Michigan during the
event.
“The Rebbe told us, ‘We
must translate pain into action
and tears into growth,
’” Rabbi
Weingarten said. “That is
what education makes possi-
ble. Children are the kite strings
that hold our national ambitions
aloft — everything America will
be tomorrow depends on how
we deliver for our young people
today. So let us remember his
teachings. Let us prepare our
children to be tolerant, curious
and moral, ensuring that they
lift up others as they rise.
”
Education and Sharing Day
was championed by the Rebbe,
Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, of righteous mem-
ory. Forty years ago, Congress
passed a joint resolution and
President Carter signed into
law a resolution to designate the
Rebbe’s birthday as Education
and Sharing Day. Each pres-
ident since Carter, as well as
numerous local legislatures,
governors and mayors have
annually recognized the date
corresponding to the Rebbe’s
birthday, celebrated four days
before Passover, as Education
and Sharing Day.
Rabbi Israel Weingarten (right) hands matzah to Adam Mizel,
co-founder and CEO of California-based US United, who was in Flint
for Education Day.
Sherif
echoes the Rebbe’s call for renewed
focus on moral and ethical education.
Genesee County
Marks Education Day
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