Category: Blog

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,  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, 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 […]

Dear Friends,  As we enter Shabbat, I invite us all to reflect on the profound importance of connection and belonging—two values at the heart of Jewish life. In a world that […]

Dear Friends, Over the past few days, in the middle of a packed week filled with visitors from around the U.S. and the other side of the world, I had […]

Dear Friends, A Rabbi, a mayor, and a drag queen walk into…the JCC.  It sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it? But in fact, it happened, and it […]

Dear Friends,   It is with deep gratitude and an even deeper sense of responsibility that I write to you today as the new Chair of the Board of Jewish Federation […]

Dear Friends,  It has been my privilege and honor to serve as Board Chair of Jewish Federation of San Diego over the past two years—a role that comes to a […]

Dear Friends, On my phone, I have a bright orange app called Home Front Command. I added it right after October 7th when I was travelling in Israel in case […]

Dear Friends,  As you all know by now, Israel launched a massive pre-emptive assault against Iran last night in an operation likely to span several days. The Israeli military deployed […]