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Hear Them Roar! Celebrating 50 Years of Lions of Judah.
December 16, 2022
Dear Friends, On Sunday night, we light the first candle of the Menorah, and each night we add light, right through the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. […]
Forging Lasting Connections with Israel
December 13, 2022
Dear Friends, As I prepared my remarks yesterday for last night’s Town Hall on Antisemitism, once again I came back to the need to balance the light with the dark. […]
Creating Light in the Dark
November 4, 2022
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, Jews around the world started the Torah cycle again, reading Bereshit, the story of creation. Since then, I have been thinking a lot about Or […]
We Stand Together, We Stand With Others
March 11, 2022
Dear Friends, We are undoubtedly in a historic moment as the tragic, unthinkable war in Ukraine plays out before our eyes. The toll on innocent civilians is unbearable; the actions […]
From Darkness to Light: Federation in Action
January 21, 2022
Dear Friends, Last Saturday, we all followed the attack in Colleyville, fearful of the worst possible ending as we also were reminded of our own local past tragedies. Federation and […]
Shabbat Shalom from Israel
December 17, 2021
Shalom, I write this Shabbat message from Israel, where I am filled with emotion and excitement—even though I’m still in quarantine, having only landed here earlier today. If you’ve […]
This Week, We Stood Together in Community
October 29, 2021
Friends, Today I am once again reminded that Jews are a communal people. The collective is an integral part of the Jewish experience, a foundational principle of all aspects of […]
