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How does one capture eight days of a jam packed mission where each 24 hour period packed in 36 hours of activities? I can't do it in my typically short weekly message. I do encourage you to go read the blogs and see the pictures. I also encourage you to watch some of these short videos:
What did you accomplish this week? Here is the week at the Federation: Our campaign has now surpassed $12.5 Million. The 2012-13 allocations of over $21 Million were approved at the Federation Board meeting on Monday night. The Wechsler Young Leadership class held its closing…
There were great programs to celebrate over the past week. The Tikkun Leil Shavuot on Saturday night had a record turnout of approximately 500 participants at the JCC. Thank you to the JCC and the AJL, along with the Federation, for sponsoring this truly remarkable program. And a very…
Saturday night, we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, commemorating the receiving of the Torah at Sinai. The tradition on the holiday is to participate in a Tikkun Leil Shavuot, which is studying Torah for the entire night. While we will not go all night long at the JCC, we will hold…
I'm feeling particularly old. Last night I attended the Shalom Pittsburgh Spring Event downtown at the Jerome Bettis Grille and I, as a 42 year old (still considered a young adult by national Federation standards), was one of the “old guys” at the event. I love the fact that I only…
