Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), We are now officially experiencing the 10 days of awe or the 10 days of repentance that begin with Rosh Hashanah and end with Yom Kippur….
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Messages & Musings
From our CEO’s weekly Shabbat message to the occasional guest blog, keep up with perspectives, impact stories and more.
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), What a week this has been. After 20 years in Afghanistan, the last American troops left and came home. As we all know, the exit was…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), This morning I was on a very interesting Zoom call with my Intermediate City Federation size fellow Presidents & CEO colleagues. The topic was Re-Setting…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), As you know if you read last week’s message, I just returned from New York visiting with my mom and my brother who flew in from…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I write this Shabbat message to you hours before I depart for my first visit to New York in over two years. It is very difficult…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Not surprisingly, many have been captivated by the summer Olympics with new stars and favorites emerging and surprising declines for others. Needless to say, Simone Biles’…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Another interesting week in the Valley. Things have dried up again after all that wonderful rain. We certainly needed it. Hope there is more to come!…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), At this writing, our Phoenix Suns have yet to have played game four of the NBA finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. By the time you read…
Shalom Chaverim (Hello Friends), I hope that you all had an enjoyable long Independence Day weekend, our annual celebration of nationhood and the commemoration of the Declaration of Independence, asserting…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), It feels a lot longer than one week ago that the tragedy in Surfside, Florida took place. It has simply been heartbreaking watching things unfold at…