The “Big 5” of Global Connections: Part III
December 16, 2020
Amir Shacham
Associate Executive Vice President, Global Connections
The main attraction of a safari is to watch the wild animals in their natural habitat. The local guides always set a highly ambitious goal on the...
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The “Big 5” of Global Connections: Part II
November 18, 2020
Amir Shacham
Associate Executive Vice President, Global Connections
The main attraction of a safari is to watch the wild animals in their natural habitat. The local guides always set a highly ambitious goal on the...
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Introducing the “Big 5” of Federation’s Global Connections Arm
November 4, 2020
Amir Shacham
Associate Executive Vice President, Global Connections
While it may sound like a vague, nostalgic memory from the pre-pandemic world, “back in the day” we used to travel overseas for vacations. Some of the...
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Bob Max: An American Hero Who Dedicated His Life to Sharing His Story
August 26, 2020
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
The Holocaust survivors who volunteer their time to share their stories and lessons learned are true treasures of our Greater MetroWest community. The...
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Pulling Off the Near-Impossible
August 26, 2020
Rebecca Hindin
Director of the Greater MetroWest New Jersey Day School Initiative
Like so many concerned parents and citizens, I have watched the conversations about school reopening unfold throughout the summer. Parents who are ...
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Juneteenth – One Month Later
July 15, 2020
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
I’m not gonna lie. I was ignorant about Juneteenth until last month....
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We’re Helping Feed NJ Families in Need
June 17, 2020
For the past six weeks, my husband and I have been volunteering once or twice a week with IsraAID, an Israel based international non-governmental...
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No, We Cannot Stand Idly By
June 11, 2020
Linda Scherzer
JCRC Director
As protests continue across the U.S., many of us have become more than just silent witnesses to history....
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The Stories Must Still Be Told: Survivor Speaks in Quarantine
May 6, 2020
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
Nine weeks ago, on March 5, I went to a local middle school with a Holocaust survivor. I provided an introduction to the Holocaust and then listened...
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From Slavery to Freedom: Passover in Quarantine
April 1, 2020
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
I know that it’s on everyone’s mind. I know that it’s being discussed in homes all across the United States, Israel, and around the world. It’s out...
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Empty Gestures
April 1, 2020
Dov Ben-Shimon
Federation CEO
I’ve heard a lot of talk these past few weeks about “empty” social media gestures. It’s true that showing solidarity by applauding healthcare workers ...
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Federations Do Not Close
March 18, 2020
Dov Ben-Shimon
Federation CEO
The other day I walked out of our Federation building deeply depressed. I know that closing the building was the right thing. I know that it’s...
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A Matter of Trust
March 18, 2020
Ilyse Muser Shainbrown
Director of Holocaust Education and Newark Initiatives
For the past few days, I have been relating what the entire world is going through now to what that the world faced in the 1930s and 1940s. There...
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Mightily Blessed
February 4, 2020
Robert Lichtman
Chief Jewish Learning Officer
There is a deep and wide and strong stream of rational thought flowing through centuries of Jewish discourse that eschews superstition, omens, amulets...
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Access and Influence
January 22, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Cohen
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange
This was my Shabbat message last week: In the small section of if the Talmud known as Pirke Avot we read: וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת Do not attempt ...
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