“I’m not a scholar or an expert. Just a person with an open heart and mind, grateful for the trust I’ve been given, and aware that trust comes with duty.”

“Because we are living through a moment when old myths return easily: blood libels, conspiracy theories, wild speculation — all finding new life in polite society. Antisemitism is no longer an undercurrent, it is a tide.”

“In such a moment, silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.“

“If being welcomed allows me to be even a small bridge — between understanding and ignorance, between truth and distortion — then I’m happy to step forward.”