96-year-old crossing guard in Wisconsin says he hopes to keep working until he s 100
By: Scripps National, CNN Newsource
Posted at 9:28 AM, May 10, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-10 14:59:53-04
For decades, 96-year-old Julius Campbell has helped Milwaukee students cross the street â and he says he still has a few good years left in him.
Campbell is a World War II veteran and a retired Milwaukee Public Schools teacher. Heâs seen a lot in his time but says that helping students cross the street to Yeshiva Elementary is a rewarding experience. I just love education and being around and doing things for people, helping people,â he said.
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My first introduction to the Jewish Holiday of Tu B’Shevat was in Yeshiva Elementary School. In the middle of class, we were treated to what the teacher referred to as Bokser (Yiddish for carob or Charuv in Hebrew).
It was an exotic fruit we had never tasted before. We were told it was in honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah for trees. Besides the usual blessing on the fruit of a tree, we were instructed to make the Shehecheyanu blessing because it was something new we hadn’t eaten before. We gladly did so and then bit into this hard textured fruit, with its somewhat sweet and unusual flavor. It was a joyous occasion. After all, it was a break from the usual routine of mono