This time of year always makes me reflective. I look back at the year behind us and ask what we’ve carried. And what we’ve built together.
Last January, after a heavy 2024, I chose light as my guiding word. I didn’t know how much this year would ask of us, or how often we would ha…
A mother from Kfar Aza.
A pastor from Youngstown.
A divorced Jewish mom trying to keep the lights on.
Those stories are still in my head from last week’s General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) in Washington, where lay and professional leaders from 141 Federat…
It’s been a full couple of weeks. Pantry lines. Freshly scrubbed sidewalks. A packed room learning to argue together. Talent work with our partner agencies. This is how we show up.
…This is the rhythm of community.
We mobilize.
SNAP remains in the headlines. When safety nets wobble, …
Rosh Hashanah calls us to begin again. To pause, reflect, and ask what kind of world we want to create in the year ahead.
I think about our community as a circle, continuous and unbroken. Past generations built it wide enough to include us. And today, it’s our responsibility to keep tha…
Some weeks, the headlines feel heavier than others. In those moments, I’m talking with Federation colleagues across the country and people like you about what we’re all hearing and seeing. And in every conversation, the thread is the same: it’s hard to sort truth from noise, the images…
