an initiative of AIC
share a sighting
you found one!

shalom!

You found a kosher duck.

Mitzvahs that float — a little Jewish joy, passed along to you. Keep it or hide it for the next person; either way, you just made someone's day. Now tell us where it turned up.

Found it by scanning the code on its tag? That's exactly what it's for.

Ducks have already turned up here

From Jerusalem to Yellowstone — 67 sightings and counting. See them all → Yours goes on the same map.

Some ducks are dropped by a chapter — a shul, a school, a tavern. Say which and they'll know their duck landed.

Where were you, what were you doing there, and did you keep it or hide it again?

This one's just mail — it needs the email above, and your sighting goes on the map whether you tick it or not. Read past issues (opens in a new tab) ↗

We review every sighting before it goes on the map — no invented sightings, ever.

Here's what happens next: your photo, your headline, where the duck turned up, and your story get a quick look, then land on the sightings map for the whole flock to see. If you left your email, we'll be in touch to say thanks. Then it's your call — keep the duck, or hide it again for the next person. Either way, you kept it floating.

while you're here

Things to do with your duck.

found a duck?

Now what?

I found a kosher duck — now what?

Mazel — you've been ducked! Scan the QR code on its tag and it brings you to the page where you add your find. Tell us where it turned up — a photo, a headline, the city — and your find joins the flock on the map. Then keep it, or hide it again for the next stranger. That's the whole loop.

Do I have to give the duck back?

Never — the duck is yours now. Set it on a windowsill, hand it to someone who needs a smile, or hide it somewhere new so a stranger gets the same surprise you did. However it goes, you kept it floating.

Do I need an account to add my sighting?

No account, no sign-up. Add a photo, where you found it, and a line about the moment, and send it over. We give every sighting a quick look before it lands on the map — no invented sightings, ever.

What if a kid found the duck?

Wonderful — that's often exactly who does. If they're under 13, a parent or teacher submits the sighting for them (our rule, and a good one).

What makes a good story

Every duck that turns up gets written about in one of a few ways, and the difference shows on the map. Some people tell us only where they found it — a gas station in Kansas, the information desk at Pearson's Terminal 3, the grass beside a waterfall. Some tell us what they were doing when it happened, which is almost always the better story: a 6am flight, a hike that turned into something else, a bottle of whiskey bought for Shabbat. Some come from the person who hid it rather than the person who found it, and we want those too — just say so, and say who you were hoping would pick it up. A few tell us what the duck meant to them, and those are the ones people stop and read all the way through.

So: where you were, what you were doing there, and whether you kept it or hid it again. What we don't need is a line telling us the duck spread joy. The duck did that. Tell us the part only you were there for.

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