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Have you ever sat through a tedious meeting of “wordsmithing” by committee? That's exactly what our new Community Relations Council (CRC) Delegates Assembly did this past week with its members representing various agencies, institutions and synagogues. And do you know what? It was…
Next week we give thanks on Thanksgiving for what we have as free American citizens and we give thanks on Chanukah for the defeat by the Maccabees and the preservation of Judaism. We have a lot to be thankful for in our lives. Yet, there are many who struggle in our Pittsburgh…
I write this message having just returned home this morning from my other home – Israel. A small group of Federation volunteers and staff participated in the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly followed by a trip to our Partnership2Gether region of Karmiel and…
Months in the works, a meeting took place this past week to discuss ways to connect our Pittsburgh region's businesses with businesses in Israel. Many of our volunteer leaders and key staff attended. The Deputy Consul General for the State of Israel came from Philadelphia. The Israeli…
I was having lunch at a restaurant in Shadyside and one of our generous donors was sitting at different table with another generous donor. They asked me to excuse myself from the lunch I was having with a third generous donor to come to their table. Their question to me was to explain…
