Ben, Matt, Nate, Eli and Max show their support for PPI
At Congregation Beth Chaim in West Windsor, NJ, 5th grade students choose a Jewish tzedakkah project to support. The students do all the work, from researching and selecting the charities, to presenting the program to the student body and their parents. This year, five boys chose PeacePlayers as the project they wished to support. In their own words:
We chose Peace Players International as our Mitzvah Mall project because we all love basketball. We were excited that Jews and Arabs can get more friendly by coming together and playing basketball. We love our sport but if we can help people who don’t have enough money to play, that’s even better.
The thing that inspires us is that people are standing up for others, even though they don’t have to, through a sport that everyone loves. It is a good experience to play basketball with others so that, if you ever meet someone different, you will learn that you can be friends no matter what.
Max Lasky
Eli Zaidi
Ben Tomfohrde
Matt Dorfman
Nate Millinger
5th Graders at Congregation Beth Chaim Religious School
