Julie Platt is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and serves as Chair of the Foundation for Jewish Camp.
During the opening sequence of Fiddler on the Roof, as the cast sings Tradition!, one of the townspeople asks the rabbi of the small Jewish community of Anatevka “Rabbi, is there a blessing for the tsar?” Without missing a beat, the rabbi responds “may G-d bless and keep the tsar – f…
We commonly use phrases like “our community,” the “Jewish community,” or “am yisrael – the people of Israel,” when we refer to ourselves collectively.
One name for our community that used to be more common, but is less so today, is “amcha.” “Amcha” literally means “…
We write to you from the tarmac at the airport in Addis Ababa, about to embark to Israel with 209 Ethiopian soon-to-be-olim who have waited many long years to realize their dream of making aliyah. We are here with a delegation of dozens of senior leaders from across North America who have co…
I am so excited to be writing to you for the first time as the newly installed Chair of the Jewish Federations of North America. It is an honor and a privilege to serve in this role.
The Hebrew word for leadership is manhigut – from the root found in the word “behavior.” For Judais…
