I’m proud to be Jewish because I am a link in a chain that has been growing stronger for thousands of years. My identity is like a challah, with various stories intertwined, allowing me to proudly embrace my Mexican-Jewish heritage. We value family dinners by candlelight every Friday night and rest one day a week on Shabbat. We are committed to giving tzedakah (charity) to help the most disadvantaged, honoring our parents, and dedicating ourselves to life, justice, and equality. Being Jewish and passing these values on to future generations is a privilege, and I am honored to be a link in this chain that has been building for thousands of years, bringing joy and morality to the present.

Despite enduring exile, pogroms, and genocide, my people have survived and resisted. They have renewed and flourished with resilience, demonstrating both the strength to resist and the flexibility to adapt to modern life's necessities. We are the people who have returned to our ancestral land, Eretz Israel, and modernized it. We continuously renew our commitment to humanity's welfare through the precept of "Tikkun Olam."