Chaim Shapiro

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Oct 18, 2023, 10:56 PM

JUST Armed Guards and Lockdown Drills for Prayer

I appreciate all of the feedback I have received from my colleagues about my post regarding the trauma the Jewish community is experiencing after the terror attack in Israel. Many well-intentioned people did not understand the shock and trauma many...

Oct 17, 2023, 5:34 AM

Hostages in the Collective Jewish Consciousness

I wanted to write a quick follow-up to my post about intergenerational Jewish trauma. Tragically the fate of Jewish hostages plays a major and tragic role in our collective Jewish consciousness as well. There is a prayer that we say in...

Oct 15, 2023, 8:28 AM

Understanding the Intergenerational Trauma of Jews

To my non-Jewish friends and colleagues; I wanted to explain the extreme trauma Jewish people (especially those of European extraction) are experiencing after the attacks in Israel Sadly, horrible things happen in the world all of the time, but it...

Jul 24, 2017, 5:10 PM

Halamish, The IDF and the Value of Life

Some teachable moments are just too horrific to contemplate. After Shabbat, I was describing the murder of the Salomon family in Halamish to my 14-year-old daughter. I could see the pain in her eyes as she tried to understand the...

Apr 20, 2017, 8:15 PM

If Not Now, Never!

It is so distressing to see a generation of young Jews turn their backs on their heritage and Israel. Things were rough for Jewish students on campus when I was a Hillel Director at the University of California, Riverside...

Mar 16, 2017, 4:28 PM

Israel The WBC And The TRUE Underdogs

Israel’s amazing run at the World Baseball Classis was bound to end, sooner rather than later, but the interest and attention the “Cinderella” team of the 2017 WBC has garnered is fascinating. Even Team Israel’s mascot, “The Mentch On...

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About Me

Chaim Shapiro is the Executive Director of Undergraduate Career Services at Touro University, a freelance writer, public speaker, LinkedIn consultant and a Board Certified Coach specializing in career coaching Chaim was the Hillel Director at the University of California, Riverside between 1999-2003, fighting and advocating for Israel when the current anti-Israel campus campaign was in its infancy.

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