Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), By now we are all adjusting to the “new normal” — spending most or all of our time in our homes, working at home and changing…
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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), Is it safe to say that the speed with which our world and lives have changed these past two weeks is unprecedented in most of our lifetimes? I…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Coronavirus. Volatility in the stock market. OPEC+. There, I said it. What a whirlwind couple of weeks we have had. I can’t get the song “we…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), We have now entered the month of March and spring is in the air. This can be confirmed by the green coming back to life in…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), In recent weeks, I’ve connected with some of my very oldest friends and relations — the people with whom I went to elementary school. It was…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), This has been one of the more rewarding weeks of my 34-year (and counting) career in the Jewish non-profit space. First, I was invited, along with…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I just returned from a wonderful and overdue visit to my daughter and son-in-law’s new home in the Kirkwood section of St. Louis. We were celebrating…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), As I write this Shabbat message to you, I have one eye towards my weekend getaway with my wife Lori, to see our daughter and son-in-law…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I got on an airplane to leave for New York on Friday and by the time I returned late Tuesday night, so many things had happened….
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), “The people we hire make minimum wage and agree to be mentors for three years. The average age of our mentors is 34/35 years old. Why…