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Shabbat Shalom - Friday, September 14, 2012

I consider myself very lucky to have had the opportunity this past week to participate in a program called "The Conversation".  It is sponsored by the New York Jewish Week and its editor Gary Rosenblatt.  They invite fifty Jewish professionals and volunteers to spend about 48 hours at a…

Shabbat Shalom, Friday September 7, 2012

Dr. Steven Cohen spoke on Wednesday night to a fabulous crowd as part of the Federation's Conversations for a Jewish Future speaker series.  Dr. Cohen, perhaps the most well known and most respected Jewish social scientist, spoke in a direct, yet engaging way about the challenges we face…

Shabbat Shalom, Friday August 31, 2012

I was so inspired this week by acts of leadership.  It all began on Sunday at the Jewish Community Legacy Project conference held at the JCC in Squirrel Hill.  Twelve communities including Monessen, Indiana, Uniontown, Jefferson Hills and Steubenville OH, to name a few, came together to…

Shabbat Shalom, Friday August 24, 2012

Instead of writing a message this week, I am giving you a link to this week's Opinion Piece in the Jewish Chronicle.  I think it expresses well what the Federation has achieved and why we must do even better.  Thank you to the Chronicle. (more after the jump-->)

Shabbat Shalom, Friday August 17, 2012

I don’t often tell people what to do (although I often ask them nicely to consider doing or giving things) except on this occasion.  You should come to hear Dr. Steven M. Cohen speak on September 5th at the JCC in Squirrel Hill as part of the Conversations for a Jewish Future series,…