"Change is neither good nor bad."

By: Amanda Abrams, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Impact

Growing up, I spent eleven summers at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, MS.  Every summer, our director would begin by sharing with all the campers and counselors, “Change is neither g…

"In 1976 I fell in love, head over heels in love."

By: Susan Moray

 

In 1976 I fell in love, head over heels in love. It was my very first trip to Israel and I had fallen in love with my homeland of Eretz Yisrael. I was on a program called “Mishlachat in Reverse” (MIR), a hand-selected group of 40 teenagers from all over the USA, wher…

"To the world you may be one, but to one you are the world."

By: Elizabeth Goldberg

 

We count a lot in Judaism: people for a minyan (10), days of the omer (40), number of years land can be farmed before it needs rest (6), and the list goes on. With this year’s Community Campaign theme “I made an impact in the first 100 days” we’ve been co…

Have a meaningful life

As I sit to write the December reflections, I am once again drawn to the words of New York Times columnist David Brooks and his book, The Road to Character, in which he distinguishes between what he calls the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues.

 

Résumé virtues are the ones we wri…

Thoughts on the GA

By: Amanda Abrams, Senior Vice President Strategy, Planning & Impact

 

One of my all-time favorite movies is the 80s hit The Breakfast Club. The movie closes with an iconic scene of Anthony Michael Hall narrating a letter to the school’s principle which says, “You see us as you want …