Were we to be in shul tomorrow morning, we would hear Parshat Emor. And, anyone in the same shul as my son Levi would hear his chanting of the first aliya and the Haftorah, celebrating the eighth anniversary of his bar mitzvah. I would be standing nearby schepping nachas.
While it is not th…
1. Our “Feeding the Community” emergency initiative in partnership with Jewish Family Services has been going very well. We have 50 seniors now receiving prepared kosher meals and scores of others receiving delivered groceries. Thank you to all the generous supporters and volunteers keep…
Last week, I suggested that the new reality of virtual Judaism might have some advantages. The success of our community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration seems to support my hypothesis. The program live-streamed on hundreds of computers, with many more watching after the live broadcast.
Mos…
We are a social people. We eat together, pray together, celebrate together, and mourn together. Our whole social system is set up around socially gathering.
Social distancing is really the antithesis of our entire way of life and has been very difficult for many of us.
But, let’s not …
I keep hearing that during these unprecedented times, it’s not business as usual. I will argue that for the Jewish Federation, it is totally business as usual, because assessing and responding to the needs of our community is our business. Sure, the needs have changed in a previously u…
