Category: Blog

Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that two weeks ago today, I was celebrating Shabbat with the Jewish community of Mumbai and a group of Federation’s most generous supporters as […]

Dear Friends,  It has been just over five years since I officially stepped into my current role at Federation. In that time, we’ve witnessed significant change and growth. We navigated […]

Dear Friends, This week, I spent a few days in Mexico City, traveling with a talented and passionate group of Federation CEOs from across the U.S., alongside professionals from Jewish Federations […]

Dear Friends, The last few weeks of the year are always both stressful and joyful, sometimes in equal measure. I often find myself more spent than ever by the time […]

Dear friends,  If you read my e-mails regularly, you know that I always lean towards light, even when we are called upon far too frequently to fight the darkness and […]

Dear friends, If you know, you know: there really is nothing like a Federation mission.   For the past four years, we have leaned into travel as one of the most […]

Dear friends, For two years, this is the message we have desperately hoped to share. After 738 grueling days, all the remaining living hostages are back in the embrace of […]

Dear friends,  Tonight begins the holiday of Sukkot, one of the most joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar. Yet it feels hard to transition from the solemnity of Yom Kippur to […]

Dear friends,  It is hard to believe, but this is the fifth Rosh Hashanah I have written to you to reflect on the year that has passed and to set […]

Dear Friends, Today marks the unthinkable 700th day since October 7, 2023; 700 unimaginable days of captivity for the remaining hostages being held by Hamas. I marked this terrible, painful milestone […]