NEEDHAM-One of the hallmarks of becoming an adult is a shift in responsibility for one’s own actions. Vital to this shift is a moral education and the ethical ability to make the “right” choice, as well as the understanding that these decisions have a very real effect on humanity as a whole.
This fall, Jack Gordon and Maddie Gerber, sixth-grade students at High Rock School, will become a bar and bat mitzvah (or “adult” in the eyes of Jewish law), respectively, through Temple Beth Shalom. With this rite of passage, the two are tasked with implementing a “Mitzvah Project,” which encourages the teenagers to give back to the community in some meaningful way. In discussing their goals for their projects, Jack and Maddie realized that their interests were closely aligned. Together, they decided to promote the “Choose to Be Nice” movement, which inspires acts of kindness wherever and whenever possible.
“Choose to Be Nice” was founded by Dina Creiger, also a Needham resident, shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Creiger had a vision to do something “big and positive,” but did not know how to fit it in between her career in media sales and raising her son.
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