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On April 5 in the evening, Jews around the world started celebrating Passover, an eight-day festival commemorating the Israelites’ redemption from slavery 3,335 years ago.

Elected officials in the Southern Tier joined the federal government and others across the country in proclaiming “Education and Sharing Day.”

Moral and ethical education teaches our children to focus on the bigger picture, on being kind and giving to others. To combat today’s pandemic of depression and hopelessness, we need to take that message to heart.

The Alaska Jewish Campus in Anchorage is one of about 5,000 Jewish centers and places of worship Rebbe Menachem Schneerson helped open. Education and Sharing Day is a nationally recognized day honoring Schneerson by encouraging parents to teach their kids morals and values such as donating money to people as random acts of kindness.

Declaring the birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe as National Education Day is a practice done by US Presidents since the administration of President Carter.

President signs a proclamation on Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's birthday, declaring the it to be a day of learning; 'My Administration has stood firm in defending the core values that the Rebbe championed'

His faith and study taught him that education is the antidote to hate and the cornerstone of humanity, the White House said.

If it seems like there’s some random celebration happening daily, it’s because there is. From the ridiculous and the absurd — we’re looking at you, National Public Sleeping Day and

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Hatred stems from the otherization of people. Faith in G-d is emphasizing that which we have in common: our interconnectedness.