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Dear Friends, I am writing to you from the airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I am currently hoping the weather in Chicago lets up and I can get back to San Diego tomorrow. I have spent the past three days learning with CEOs from Jewish organizations across the US, the UK and Israel. These leaders come from organizations large and small, and from every corner of the Jewish world: social services, Haredi education and marriage law reform, Jewish Family Services, JCC, Federation, social justice and more. I head back to San Diego enriched and inspired by my colleagues, all of whom work daily to repair the world.
As we prepared to disperse back to our everyday work and worries, we sat with all we had seen and learned. On the screen was a quote attributed to Reb Nachman of Breslav; “If you are not a better person today than you were yesterday, what need do you have for tomorrow?” We need tomorrow. There is more work to be done. To care for and honor our survivors. To find new ways to help Jews in need. To build flourishing Jewish life in San Diego. To connect San Diegans to the global Jewish community. As we prepare to travel with more than 200 members of our community to Israel on our CommUNITY Trip in just under two weeks, I am filled with gratitude for this and so many other opportunities that I have to continue to strive to be a better person, and to make our community and our world a better place. Wishing you a peaceful Shabbat and a meaningful tomorrow, |
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