What's Your #Ish?

Whatever being Jewish means to you is your "#ish."

We invite you to post your "#ish" through Facebook or Twitter and use the "#ish" tag in your post or tweet. For every #ish that is posted, 25 cents will be donated to the #ish fund at the Jewish Federations of North America, of which we are a part.

Share your #ish on your Facebook status or on Twitter using the tags #ish and @yldseattle.

Any post with #ish will appear on www.WhatsYourIsh.com. Check out people's "#ishes" from around the country, watch videos of celebrities' #ishes (including the Sklar Brothers, Joey Slotnick and others); and help decide how to distribute the #ish fund.

some local #ishes

Simon Kaufman: My #ISH is: that I will always be faced with intolerance... Lactose intolerance. Being Jewish means I'll never have to wonder what my mother thinks, because she will be screaming at me all the time. What's your ISH?

Brian Judd: Being a light amongst nations. Jews being a good example is my #ish.

Josh Feit: My ish is that I've known my girlfriend since the 19 teens. #ish @yldseattle

Daniel Septimus: My ish is being connected to a religious community who devotes itself to helping others and repairing the world. #ish @yldseattle

Kevin Flaherty: My Jewish wife is my ish and what an ish she is! ;-) #ish @yldseattle

Aaron Goldfeder: @yldseattle #ish - My ish is about trying to make a measure of Tikun Olam bit.ly/b8RK8F & being at least a *little* bit involved...

Tana Senn: Representing Israel at International Night at my son's elementary school this weekend #ish @yldseattle

Tammy Federman: Watching Jewish teens become philanthropists

Carol Gown: Knowing that I am connected to an amazing tradition and one that offers endless opportunities to learn

Iantha Sidell: Tikkun Olam

Seattle Jewish Film Festival: My #ish is strengthening Jewish, Yiddish & Israeli cultural literacy, identity, education, community building and social action @yldseattle

Celie Brown: Kvelling while watching my granddaughter reading Torah

Lorna Isenberg: In a time when I was floundering, finding Judaism gave me my life back. A much funnier life, at that

Steve Hemmat: Being part of Am Yisrael – community/Kehila

Jack Almo: Blessing our children on Friday night

Neil Ross: Helping the Holocaust survivor in the former Soviet Union who is hungry

Joel Magalnick: Being Jewish is one of the many revolving priorities in our lives, so I created jew-ish.com to scratch that itch—when needed. It's the #ish.

national news stories about What's Your #ish? campaign

USA Today article

The New York Times article