Marc Levin Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
I first became involved in the Miami Jewish community when I moved to Coral Gables with my family in the fifth grade. My experiences were first shaped by my involvement with Temple Judea Youth Group, spending a summer in Israel and also through Hillel during my freshman year at University of Miami. My Jewish connection, however, started at a much younger age thanks to my Zayde, Joseph, who
was originally a baker in Bialystok, Poland, and also my mother, Beatrice. My first Jewish memories were celebrating the Jewish holidays with them. It was through my Zayde and my mother I developed a passion for Jewish music and Yiddishkeit and grew up on the music of the Yiddish theater, Israeli culture and Broadway. Raised in a family of proud Zionists, I have always had a strong love for Israel. I became a Bar Mitzvah on June 10, 1967, which was also the last day of the Six-Day War. When I was 17, I spent
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