From Where I Sit...

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

  • Jason Moss

    Executive Director of the Jewish Federation

The Power of Community

I used to love the start of the school year. I loved shopping for school supplies and clothes for the year. The year felt new, exciting, and full of endless possibilities. As I have gotten older and thought more about this start of the year, I love the juxtaposition of the new school year an…

Strength In Diversity

Our differences, when respected, make us stronger

IN OUR CURRENT global economy we are becoming increasingly interconnected. With the rise of the 24-hour news cycle, the internet, and social media, we now see, read, and hear about events in real-time, pretty much as they happen. It feels li…

Pitching In - Building partnerships in life that last

Partnerships are an essential part of daily life. We partner in our personal lives and in our professional world. In every context, the concept of partnership is a familiar one and is a key aspect of what makes our world go round. When I think of model partnerships, among my favorites are: M…

Jewish Summer Camp

There is no better gift a parent or grandparent can give their child

Think back to one of your fondest memories as a child. When prompted, many of us will conjure a memory of our time at summer camp. Jewish adults might even say that their Jewish camp experience was the most formative of th…

Wrestling with our Homeland

“If you will it, it is no dream.” With these words in 1902, Theodore Herzl captured the imagination of world Jewry, outlining a vision for a Jewish state in the ancestral homeland of our ancestors.

On April 19th, we will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the realization of this vis…