Sara Braun: Embracing My Identity - A Black Jew's Story of Becoming Hasidic

Inspiration for the Nation with Yaakov Langer

Living Lchaim

Judaism, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Sara grew up in a small village in the Netherlands where her dark skin made her different from the people around her. Her family practiced Hasidic Judaism, but because her mother was darker than the rest of the family, she faced discrimination and didn't practice the religion. Sara always felt a strong desire to connect with her Jewish roots. After a trip to New York City, Sara decided to move there to pursue her dream of intertwining her body, soul, and mind with Judaism. She arrived with only $400 and a determination to create the life she wanted.

Sara's story is an example of how we can take control of our lives and pursue our dreams, despite the obstacles we may face. We had an inspiring conversation about resilience and passion that hopefully encourages you to become your true self and pursue your dreams relentlessly.

Get Sara's book here: https://bit.ly/3ItenJt

Big thanks to @FriedaVizelBrooklyn for interviewing Sara, you can watch her interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E54wVSn-wM&t=1499s&ab_channel=FriedaVizel-BrooklynTourGuide

If you have a shidduch for Sara you can contact her here: [email protected]

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0:00.0	I was sitting in the train and I saw a Jew somebody with a couple of Yamaka
0:05.1	a cross-rammy sitting in the train, breeding with something.
0:08.8	And I was just mesmerized.
0:12.4	I watched him and I really wanted to ask him for guidance, but I was too shy and it was rush hour the train's full, whatever. I was on my way to work, he was on his way somewhere.
0:24.5	I just decided I'm going to follow him off the train and when the opportunity is there,
0:29.4	I will ask him. So he got off at Wall Street. I passed my stop that I had to get off and followed
0:37.6	him off the train at Wall Street. And when he was standing on the escalator, everything was
0:41.8	quiet. Everybody seemed to mind their own
0:44.3	business so I talked on his sleeve I didn't know really you know how else to kind of get his attention
0:51.4	without getting everybody else's attention around me.
0:54.1	So I tucked on his sleeve.
0:55.7	He was just the wilder than looked at me, like, what do you want?
0:59.5	And I explained to him, like, hey, I just came from Holland, I'm Jewish, and I would like to learn more about it.
1:06.4	Do you know where I could go, what I could do, who I could call?
1:09.4	Welcome back to another episode of Inspiration of the nation.
1:11.9	I'm always looking for those people, those Jews
1:14.8	around the world that are doing incredible things. Sometimes you know who they are, you know about them, and
1:20.7	sometimes you don't know who they are but you you hear about their story and
1:24.4	they're so intriguing I was perusing around YouTube and this wonderful YouTube channel
1:31.1	created by Frida Visell I don't know if I'm pronouncing her name properly, but she interviewed
1:38.0	Surrey who you're going to see me interview. Their video has over a half a million views and I said this is someone who is an
1:45.1	inspiration for the nation. She did not grow up religious. She grew up Jewish.
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