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Engaging in Jewish Life

Since the 1980s, Jewish leadership has awakened to the challenge of helping ensure a strong future for Jewish life in America and around the world. As Jews became more assimilated into American life, and as being and living a Jewish life became more of a choice than a reality of persecution …

L’shana Tovah

As we prepare to begin a New Year, everyone at Federation would like to extend our best wishes for a healthy, happy and peaceful Shanah Tovah. While most of us have used the expression, I am reminded each year that this greeting is simply an abbreviation for the Hebrew phrase “L’shana to…

More on Iran

Iran. While there has been much focus on the political and analytical analysis related to the proposed agreement before Congress Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), I have been absorbed by the hostility, divisiveness, and rudeness from the hundreds of emails I have received, the myri…

Canary in the Coal Mine

For the past two years, I have taken a family vacation during the last week of July.  Next year, I need to pick a different week!

Last year, the war in Gaza and our “Stop the Sirens” campaign were the focus of my vacation. My time was consumed responding to countless emails and phone c…

Why We Should Stand Together

Why We Should Stand Together

By: Michael Horowitz

 

I had planned and truly want to write an upbeat message highlighting all of the wonderful accomplishments of our Federation and community. However with all of the reports and news I read about the critical issues 21st Century American J…