The Purim story influences our values as Jews today by show us how to stand up for ourselves for example when Esther went to the king to tell him what happened even though she could of gotten killed. We can act on these values by standing up for what you believe in. A problem that I see in the world are shootings. I would stand up by saying I don’t want people who aren’t in the military not to buy guns because people are getting shot. For example I could write to the senator and say what I feel about the laws. I could also talk to my class and to my family about how I think the laws should change.

One challenge that I had was reading/doing the megillah because I can’t read Hebrew. I practiced a lot in school by listening to it and also having it in hebrish (Hebrew-English) was really helpful. I had to learn how to make is interesting for the kids but also for me.