Keeping our Community Connected

Weekly messages from Jason Moss, our Executive Director.

August 27, 2024

Ever get the feeling that if you turn away from your phone or computer screen, let alone blink, you will miss something important? For the last several months, I have been living this reality, as I am sure many of you have as well. Life feels like it is moving so fast… and I don't mean wit…

August 20, 2024

Over the last two weeks, many of our community’s youth have returned to school. And with this, there is a renewed sense of optimism, hope, and excitement for what the year ahead has in store. And this is not just for the students, but for their parents as well.

 

While I feel comfortabl…

August 13, 2024

This past weekend, my family and I were in Birmingham to see my oldest daughter in a play at Red Mountain Theater, Birmingham's regional theater. For the past three years, as she has been studying at Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham, we have gotten to know the city A LOT and have our "favorites" …

August 6, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to give a talk to a small group of former presidents and CEOs about the current climate in the Jewish community finds itself today as it pertains to antisemitism and the rise of anti-Israel sentiment around the world since October 7.

During the talk, I h…

July 23, 2024

"Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition...

 This is 'ABC's Wide World of Sports!'"

 

These words opened ABC's Wide World of Sports almost every Saturday afternoon from …