From Where I Sit...

Insights, community news, and updates from Jason Moss, our Executive Director

  • Jason Moss

    Executive Director of the Jewish Federation

Keep it Going

Commit to doing one extra Jewish “thing” in 5785

 

With 5785 beginning in just a few days (as I am writing this month's column), I have that "special" feeling I always seem to have at this time of year. For as long as I can remember, the days leading up to the High Holidays have alway…

Make it Count

Use this time to improve the world around you

In just over four weeks, we will gather together at local synagogues and around dining room tables to start this year‘s High Holy Days. Not since the mid-1940s, following the Holo­caust and the establishment of the State of Israel, has a High…

Behind the Curtain

Celebrating How Our Jewish Community Has Come Together

 

I have been a Jewish professional for over twenty years. During this time, I have seen several ebbs and flows—not only in how organizations have operated and been received by community members but also in how the professionals and…

Celebrating 30 Years

Looking back prepares us for our future

have always supported “stopping to smell the ros­es” and taking es” time to reflect. I think this exercise has real power because instead of just going, going, going, one can appreciate what they have accom­plished or  experi­enced by stop­…

Building Bonds

Strengthening a child’s mental health at Jewish Summer Camp

I recently attend­recently attend­ed a Mental ed Health Consor­Health Consor­tium meeting coordinated by Congresswoman Grace Napolitano. Senator Alex Padilla was in attendance and was discussing the current mental health cri…