My project represents the kiddush cups that have been passed down in my family from generation to generation and their great significance for us. My project consists of a large tree representing my family tree, with a kiddush cup on each side: one from my mother's family and the other from my father's family. Kiddush is an essential part of Jewish tradition and my family heritage, despite us being a secular family, which is why I named my project "Kiddush of Secularism."
The kiddush cup passed down in my mother's family comes from Zehava and Naftali Berger, my mother's great-grandparents, who immigrated to the country after the Holocaust. On Fridays, they used to perform the kiddush with it. The kiddush cup was used at the wedding of Yehuda and Anat, my mother's parents, and many years later, it was also used at my parents' Jewish-secular wedding.
The kiddush cup passed down in my father's family was given to Daniel and Shoshana Zucker, my father's great-grandparents, who immigrated from Poland in 1935. The cup was given to them as a gift for their silver wedding anniversary and over time was passed down to their granddaughter Orly, my grandmother.
I believe in the importance of objects passed down from generation to generation, which tell our national and family story, whether as believing Jews or, like my secular Jewish family, as a family tradition rather than out of religious belief.
