Momentofsilence.info
Email Avraham Frank at: AFSilence@gmail.com
Click here for Izzy's Psychology Today blog post about A Minute of Silence
Click here to learn about the Seven Noahide Laws
-Avraham Frank meets Izzy Kalman at a seminar in NYC
-Working for the city in foster care, welfare, unemployment and more
-The Lubavitcher rebbe urged Jews not to "disregard" gentiles but rather to influence them to keep the 7 Noahide laws
-Enumeration of the 7 Noahide laws
-Lubavitcher Rebbe explained that parents are too busy or preoccupied to invest in their kids' moral upbringing, so Minute of Silence is critical in public schools
-In Minute of Silence kids are supposed to think about what they discussed with their parents the evening before, thereby strengthening parental authority and the bond between them
-Izzy explains that the Minute of Silence was not invented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, but was instituted in many schools when prayer was banned in public schools
-The Rebbe's twist was in giving parent's back the moral authority over their kids
-Avraham helped change the laws in three states to require a Minute of Silence
-Writing letters about Moment of Silence allows staff to monitor the thoughts of the students and prevent crises
-Evidence of Minute of Silence's social, emotional and educational benefits
-The communal aspect of a Minute of Silence
-Izzy and Avraham reminisce about their beginnings in the Bronx
