24 | MAY 4 • 2023 OUR COMMUNITY 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. continued from page 22 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 JN STAFF