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Mitzvah Gedolah l’hiyot b’simcha tamid - It is a great mitzvah to be happy always. Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav said these words. When you read the above, I am sure you are struck with the obvious question; can one be happy, or full of simcha, always? Today, the Jewish Federation…
In this week's parsha, we read about the death of Jacob. Just prior to his departing this world, Jacob, blesses Ephraim and Menashe, the two sons of Joseph. We often talk about Jewish continuity and about passing on Jewish values and beliefs to the next generation. Jacob does that to…
I hope each of you has had a very happy Chanukah. Our Federation staff celebrated the holiday on Wednesday with our annual Chanukah/Staff Appreciation Luncheon. We had some fun and honored staff who have been with the organization for 5, 10 and 15 years. To all our staff, I publicly…
We held a very interesting meeting this week for the Federation Board. We heard from David Shapira, CEO of Giant Eagle and one of the Co Chairs of our Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future. David spoke to our Board about the importance of our community continuing to make the strengthening…
I just returned from the Big Easy where I attended the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Lion of Judah Conference. Even if one ignores the quality of the speakers at the sessions (Prime Minister Netanyahu, Tzipy Livni, Charles Bronfman, etc), just being…
