Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), I hope you all had a wonderful July 4th celebration. We the Jewish people should know as well as anyone how sweet freedom is and how…
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Messages & Musings
From weekly Shabbat messages to the occasional guest blog, keep up with perspectives, impact stories, and more.
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), It’s been an interesting week… one of disappointment and one of hope. As leaders from the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Agency in…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), Last Friday night, I was privileged to attend a Kabbalat Shabbat service. The program was hosted by Smile on Seniors and provided the service, dinner and…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), This past week, I had the great joy to visit with a young man I taught at the Community Hebrew High School while I was Associate…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), As we head toward the end of the week and into the peace that is our Shabbat, I am amazed that I have entered my third…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), As we close out the week with Shabbat, I hope everyone has had a wonderful Shavuot. The night before I left to visit my daughter, her…
Shabbat Shalom Chaverim (Friends), This past week, the members of our Federation Board of Directors unanimously adopted a new mission statement: Strengthening Jewish life and identity while providing for Jews…
Shabbat Shalom Chaverim (Friends), It has been an incredibly beautiful and mild May here in the Valley, so the feel of spring remains in the air. There are flowers blooming…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), This week, my family and I are blessed to be celebrating our second anniversary in Arizona and my time with Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, first…
Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends), To learn and to do. These are the things that drive us as Jews. We are a people, both of introspection and of action – and,…