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Sep 27, 2017

Jewish Family Service Agency Update

In 2016, with the help of our largest grantors, Jewish Nevada, The Conference on Material Claims against Germany and YOU, JFSA assisted over 7,000 community members and will help over 10,000 by the end of 2017.

We are a social service Agency founded in 1977 to provide Individual Counseling,…

Sep 20, 2017

Thoughts on the New Year

As with Chanukah and Purim, I grew up thinking that our current ritual observance of Rosh Hashanah was taken directly from the Torah. I later came to find that Rosh Hashanah (as we know it today) is not mentioned by name in the Torah, nor is there any guidance on how to observe the holiday (…

Aug 31, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Update

Dear Colleague;

Thanks to everyone across our Federation system who have been working to bring support and relief to our Houston Jewish community!  Here is today’s update:

First Emergency Grant of $500,000 Delivered to Houston Federation

JFNA’s Emergency Committee met this afternoon a…

Aug 28, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund

Our hearts go out to the communities of Houston, San Antonio, Galveston, Corpus Christi and other areas that have been hammered by Hurricane Harvey, including Jewish communities still recovering from flooding two years ago.  With record breaking rain having fallen and expected to continue,…

Aug 18, 2017

The People I Met This Week from Charlottesville

I encounter and become acquainted with a lot of people in my role as CEO of Jewish Nevada.  Some of these encounters are intentional while others are through a passing introduction in a coffee shop or in response to one of these emails/blog postings. Then there are those with whom I become …