Yesterday was January 27. In 2005, the United Nations established UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and they chose that day because that was the day, back in 1945, when Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. Yesterday marked the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of that death camp. In …
The last seven days since my last column have been extremely eventful around the world. Between yesterday’s Inauguration, to getting a chance to tour the Eaton Fire area in Altadena with Rabbi Hanoka from Chabad of Pasadena and the Consul General of Israel Israel Bachar on Wednesday, and t…
It has been almost 5 years since I began writing this weekly column in an effort to keep our community connected at the start of the COVID pandemic. Since then, so many people in the community have commented on how much they appreciate these messages, and because of that, I've continued. Eve…
Community.
It is very likely THE word that I think, speak, and/or write about most in all of my years as our Jewish Federation’s Executive Director. In essence, it is the very reason why the entire Jewish Federation movement was created. Jewish Federations are an amalgamation of several J…
As 2024 comes to a close later today, I thought I would provide you a list of our Jewish Federation’s “highlights” to give you a picture and a sense of some of the incredible work we were able to do and provide our community. However, before I share the list below, I want to say thank …
