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…
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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.
It is my pleasure to welcome a guest writer this week, Federation’s Director of Campaign & Women’s Philanthropy, Sheryl Press. I hope you enjoy her message. Marty Shalom Chaverim (Hello…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Things have really started to heat up out there in the Valley. At this writing, it is 111 degrees in Scottsdale with much higher temps predicted…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Sadly, the genie of anti-Semitism is back out of its bottle and continues to rear its ugliness all around us. This week, unfortunately, it hit all…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), We just concluded the Memorial Day weekend and I noticed more conversation than ever before on social media discussing the meaning of Memorial Day. Many made…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), As of this writing, the cease fire in Israel continues to hold. May it turn into a permanent peace for many years to come. One of…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), This has been some week! Unfortunately, as of this writing, the conflict in Israel continues into its second week. Hamas has sent well over 4,070 rockets…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I absolutely could not see this one coming. When I wrote to you last week, I never would have believed that things would have turned so…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Just one week ago we celebrated the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer. Literally taking a break from the air of mourning during the counting of the 50…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I am writing this Shabbat message at the end of a very busy day of in-person meetings. And I honestly couldn’t be any happier. I met…