From Where I Sit...

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

  • Jason Moss

    Executive Director of the Jewish Federation

It is important to remember that Character Counts

Each month, as I sit down to write my From Where I Sit column, I often struggle to figure out what I want to write about. One of the challenges is that since this JLife SGPV is a monthly magazine, I am not able to address “current events” in real-time. There are usually two to four w…

Ethics in Action

It is important to remember that Character Counts

Each month, as I sit down to write my From Where I Sit column, I often struggle to figure out what I want to write about. One of the challenges is that since this JLife SGPV is a monthly magazine, I am not able to address “current even…

Perform a Mitzvah and vote!

What a year 2020 has been. Each time something has come up, I have heard a few people jokingly say that they did not have that on their 2020 bingo card. It seems like we have been faced with more this year than in years past. And for all of these things to take place while we have been fac…

A Unique Opportunity

Something new for the High Holidays

I remember at the start of every school year how excited I was to go school supply shopping and pick up that year’s necessary items that would set me on the path to an incredible year of learning. Trapper Keeper… check. Ticonderoga number 2 pencils……

History has its eye on us

Telling the complete story of America

“History has its eye on you.” You may have heard this if you watched Hamilton this past weekend on Disney+. What I find striking about this verse is how appropriate it is for what is transpiring today. Many people are watching to see what is going t…