Dangerous Escape to CHAZAQ Teens

[Music] when I was three years old my family and I made a dangerous escape from Iran to come to America my father passed away when I was 1 years old so affording Shiva was very hard for my family but thank God there was a Jewish after-school program they offered some food and some activities and Reb am who taught us the basics of Judaism as I got older I got mixed up with the wrong people doing the wrong things but the voices of my mentor is going up were always ringing in my head and were a major driving force for me wanted to be to live life as a joke slowly but surely I became more and more observant and I wanted that other people should have the same opportunity that I did today I dedicated my time running a 16 Division program sadly I see so many Jewish kids in the streets busy with the wrong things gangs and violence drugs and sadly over the years more than just seeing Jews with identity I've also seen kids lose their lives to drugs and violence and so today at Kazak we simply opened our doors to the Jewish youth with Torah learning delicious food Shabbat owns an amazing trip [Music] a little bit of history up in through ask me where I'm from and I will tell you I'm a Jew and every Jews are proud to not just me my sisters and my brothers never be ashamed to be a proud to conceal with great confidence that after a few months to youth truly change their lives for the better I was in public school my whole life and I don't know any alphabet I didn't know any I didn't keep Shabbat no kosher and I remember when I was about 17 years old I first got used to Kazak and I could remember the the warmth of their beam and the good delicious food that we had in the trips and the energy and eventually inspire me to go to yeshiva and and the rest is history I was raised in a traditional Jewish home and I was put into the public school system of my whole life I was with the wrong people at the wrong places at the wrong times when I was 16 years old I got introduced the Kazak ever since then my outlook on life has changed and I started wearing two teeth putting on tefillin Bing Schorr mitts what eventually I made my way up to Israel for yeshiva and I came back to New York to continue my studies in Torah Judaism today I'm a real estate agent I have incorporated the Torah lifestyle into my everyday life having been to public school all my life I was never really equipped with the answers to life with the problems that life had to offer but that all changed once I met Robert Ellen and the physics that they helped me through a lot of my troubles in life and they were always there for me whenever I needed advice or whatever it may be today both Hashem I have a beautiful wife two kids and I'm a successful businessperson and all of that I'm grateful to Robert Englund in the physic step last year I went to Forsyth High School and during my senior year I I searched for my identity and a more meaningful life and then I discovered kazar who exposed me to a beautiful Torah lifestyle but down-to-earth rabbis the special activities the shaba tones it made me feel like I'm a part of something I'm a Jew thanks to cos Ark I plan on Mizrahi Shem going to post high school yeshiva it's upcoming for most people no Kazak for organizing lectures and shielding that inspired thousands throughout the year but what most people don't know is that has ax main purpose and mission is to build a solid Jewish foundation for the thousands of Jewish public school students in the New York area in just over a year's time Kazak has successfully touched the lives of over a thousand Jewish public school students and Bell Hashem over 370 which transferred the easy vote if all segments of Clarice Laila unite and work together there's a lot of shame kazakian go full force and change the lives of thousands of more students and prevent it from class of Shalom losing their identity [Music]