End The Apathy

Olami invites you to record the script yourself and invite your friends to do the same, to join the movement to end the apathy. Post your recording to Facebook and use hashtag #endtheapathy. The threats and challenges to the Jewish people have not ended. The most brutal and difficult war of the Jewish world is facing us today. One of the enemies to the Jewish people has crept up on us slowly over time. It is attacking every generation, across every continent…. Men and women, young and old. Our synagogues. Our schools. Our families and our communities. Our enemy is apathy. Who cares what I eat? Does it matter if I get in the car on Saturday? What do these words in the prayer book even mean? What do these laws mean to me? Why are these customs relevant to my family? Why Judaism? Why the Jewish people? WHY ME??? Our lack of caring about our Judaism is our silent enemy. It eats away at our families and communities… One by one. In 1940 there were 18 million Jews. In 1945 we were down to 12 million. According to the growth in population, today we should have been over 25 million Jews BUT in 2016 they say that we are less than 13 million Jews. Where are the children of the 12 million Jews? If we don’t combat our apathy, our Jewish future looks bleak. I in [name of organization] am ending the apathy in [name of city]. Together, we are committed to ending the apathy in the world. We are a global movement of students, educators and community leaders who are committed to ending the apathy by inspiring Jewish greatness …worldwide. THAT is Olami. Olami means MY world. Because this IS my world. A world that I care about. It’s me recognizing my greatness through Judaism and inspiring others to recognize theirs.