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-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