Category: From Our CEO

Dear Friends, Today, we mark the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul and our season of spiritual reflection. The 40 days between Rosh Chodesh Elul and Yom Kippur […]

Dear Friends, I have often written about the centrality of community to the Jewish people. It is baked into our DNA, written into our laws, and at the heart of […]

Dear Friends, Every day, if we are lucky to have access to healthy food, we nourish our bodies. Last week, I nourished my soul. For just over a week, we […]

Dear Friends, This past Sunday, we officially launched Spark Interactive, the mobile classroom and flagship program of Legacy of Light Goldberg Institute for Holocaust Education, to an enthusiastic crowd of more […]

Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, I was speaking to a high school student in San Diego. They shared that a friend had recently texted asking whether 6 million Jews […]

Dear Friends, Yesterday was hard. The attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan once again made very real the danger of rising antisemitism and the threat it poses to […]

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 […]