New York (VINnews) – Among the dozens of women who heading to Poland on April 27th for a five day trip to explore Eastern Europe’s once-vibrant heritage will be one who has only been Jewish for just over a month.
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Popular Instagrammer NowJewishNanny announced to her more than 96,000 followers that she would be joining the Project Mesorah Chizuk Mission just hours before the start of Yom Hashoah. The influencer prefers to be known for safety reasons as either Adriana or Adina, the name she took on when her conversion to Orthodox Judaism was completed in late March.
Sharing word of her trip, Adriana explained saying how grateful she is to have the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust, not as an outside observer, but as a Jew. She expects the trip will have extremely raw emotional moments and wants to experience them authentically, so that she can fully absorb the enormity of the experience.
“To visit that time in history as a Jewish woman, and to know that we are remembering that there were strong women who survived, and who continue on until today is extremely important,” said Adriana. “This is an amazing way to reflect on the Jewish women, who were so powerful that even when the world turned against us, they continued to raise their children as proud Jews.”
Looking at the Holocaust through the prism of October 7th, Adriana appreciates that Jewish history has had moments whose darkness are beyond compare.
“We are no strangers to being brought to total despair, but we have always had Hashem on our side who didn’t let them win, and we know that that can happen again,” said Adriana. “Go back to Egypt, where Hashem showed his love for the Jewish people. Always remember the exodus and how at the time that was the most hopeless, Hashem was there.”
Run by Project Mesorah, the trip will be led by Mrs. Slovie Jungreis Wolff who weaves the legacy of her late mother, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, together with her own brand of positivity and inspiration. Over 100 women have already been part of Project Mesorah’s two previous exclusively female trips, and Jungreis Wolff enjoys being able to tap into their inherent sensitivity and deep sense of faith to create an educational and empowering experience.
“We plug into the emunah that I try to transmit that I received, especially from my mother and my grandparents,” Jungreis Wolff told VIN News. “This isn’t just going and remembering history. This is living emunah. This is the mother’s milk that I grew up with – faith under fire.”
The Project Mesorah women’s chizuk mission is drawing a varied group, with participants coming from all over the world including New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles, Israel, and England. The tour will have participants experiencing the sweetness of the Polish Judaism that once was through uplifting shiurim and visits to kivrei tzadikim, as well as the darkness of Poland’s infamous death camps, creating a unique understanding of a heritage and resilience that has defined us for generations, and makes us who we are today.
For more information on the women’s Chizuk Mission to Poland contact Project Mesorah at 845-570-1943
It would seem inappropriate and wrong to continue referring to her by her previous non-Jewish name…..
She is now Adina Shoshana..
“who has only been Jewish for just over a month”. After watching her impressive videos, her careful thoughtfulness with her words and choices of who she supports, it is clear she was Jewish for many years, including years of intense study and practice in the period preceding her conversion. Maybe her actual technical conversion was very recent, but it’s unfair to her to say she’s only been Jewish for a month and especially in the context in which it was said. She is more deserving than a lot of us to be a leader and role model on this trip. She has fought for Jews and Judaism longer and harder than many of us, myself included.