Brad Sokol Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
As a yeshiva boy growing up in Miami Beach attending Hebrew Academy through 9th grade, I was surrounded by all things Jewish and insulated from the realities of the secular Jewish world. This was until I attended Miami Beach Senior High School and then the University of Florida, where I met my wife Lauren, a Miami native and an unaffiliated Jew. It was at this point that I began to understand the breadth of Judaism and the different ways people expressed their Jewish identity.
Brad Sokol
As I entered adulthood and watched many of my peers disappear from the Jewish scene, I chose to stay connected through my children. The Dave and Mary Alper JCC preschool, Temple Samuel Or Olam Religious School and Temple Beth Am Day School and Religious School inspired me and my wife to continue instilling in our children strong family Jewish traditions and values. In high school and college, they participated in the March of the Living and Birthright Israel, which they found extremely meaningful and life-changing.
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