Creating Memorable Moments
December 23, 2019
Amir Shacham
Associate Executive Vice President, Global Connections
What do these moments have in common?...
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Increasing in Matters of Holiness
December 23, 2019
Dov Ben-Shimon
Federation CEO
There’s a fascinating debate in the Talmud, in Tractate Shabbat, between the House of Hillel and the House of Shammai. The question that they’re...
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There’s a Here- Here
December 19, 2019
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
For as long as our collective memory can recall, we have been playing dreidel, winning and losing according to the letters on the four-sided top with ...
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Seasons Greeting – from Auschwitz?
December 11, 2019
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
I spend a whole lot of time blogging, posting, and speaking about when things are either anti-Semitic or insulting to the memory of the Holocaust, or ...
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Make the Most of Your Year-End Charitable Giving
December 11, 2019
Steven Levy
JCF President
With the end of the 2019 tax year fast approaching and the stock market at or near record highs, now is a great time to use your appreciated...
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The Thanks-givers
November 26, 2019
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
We are thanks-givers. Our very name, Yehudim (Jews), refers to Jacob’s son, Judah, one of the few remaining tribes from which most of us are descended...
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Our Family Is Under Fire
November 13, 2019
Dov Ben-Shimon
Federation CEO
As you are probably aware, there has been a major flare-up in violence between Israel and Gaza in the last couple of days. Here are the major points, ...
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75 Years later and still we have an issue….
October 16, 2019
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
In July 2018 I spent my first Shabbat in Berlin. Although I had been to Germany several times before, I had not been fortunate enough to be in a...
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Soothe the Sting, Savor the Sweet
September 25, 2019
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
The honey on our Rosh Hashanah tables that quickly gets messy from all of us dipping apples, challah, or what-have-you to symbolize our wishes for a ...
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Despite Election Results, Our Work Will Continue
September 16, 2019
Dov Ben-Shimon
Federation CEO
I spoke last week at the JCC MetroWest about Israel, the upcoming elections tomorrow, Israeli society, and what to expect in the coming week and weeks...
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