The Experience of Time
We count the days of Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur: ten.” I love considering time as an image of a line. A few years ago, jewelry in the shape of an arrow started popping up everywhere and I…
Buzz Builds for Upcoming International Lion of Judah Conference
11-13 gathering will feature such speakers as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and first Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge. Registration is now closed; learn more. Buzz…
Jewish Security 20 Years After 9/11
When the sun sets this evening, we will enter the holiest Shabbat of our Jewish calendar – the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, also known as Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath of…
We Will Never Forget
In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 27th was designated by the UN General Assembly as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. For Jews all over…
From San Diego to Mumbai: Enough is Enough
Dayenu. This week, we will commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with trepidation, fearing that the past may be prelude if we do not act in unity and solidarity as a community.…
Fisher FLIGHT Inspires Jewish Philanthropy
During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he was instrumental in pushing through the airlift of U.S. arms to Israel, providing a lifeline to the Jewish State. His leadership in Operations Moses,…
We need to put the Yizkor back into Memorial Day
In Israel, when the two-minute siren sounds at 11 am on Yom Hazikaron, the Jewish State's Memorial Day, the nation comes to a halt. As we saw just two weeks ago, cars on streets and highways…
Federations promote dialogue, deepening engagement at General Assembly
To the protesters exercising their democratic rights, we see you, we hear you, and we are inspired by your love for Israel,” she said. “This debate did not stay in Israel but traveled…
Jewish Federations & the Crisis in Ukraine: May 4, 2022
Ahead of Israel’s Independence Day, the Agency said that some 38,000 olim (immigrants) will celebrate their first Yom Ha’atzmaut as Israeli citizens this year. This marks a two-decade record…
Federations and Philanthropy News Update, October 14, 2015
A recent gift of $3 million to American Friends of Tel Aviv University will fund scholarships to minority students. Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – New York Times publicity doesn't stop…
Starting Over, Then Paying it Forward
Embassy, my mom and I pressed our faces against the store window to hide from the bitter Moscow cold. After hours of waiting, I saw him running down the street waiving a piece of paper in the…
Taking Action to Help an Israel Under Attack
The confluence of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) and the end of Ramadan put the area of the Temple Mount and Al Aqsa mosque squarely in the sights of provocateurs seeking to incite…
Becoming the Future in the Jewish Volunteer Movement
Can you think of moments when you’ve experienced Volunesia? I am overcome by Volunesia in the work that I do on a daily basis. And on the occasions when I get to see this passion in my…
Tapping the best parts of my Judasim
Jonathan can be reached at jon.cohen@werepair.org. “Is it weird we are serving pork chops the day after Yom Kippur?” Daniel asked me while we volunteered at Miami Rescue Mission on Sunday,…
Born Again
It was one of those moments that any Jewish educator knows all too well, where you have to pull an audible and throw your lesson plan to the wind, because the question is just too timely.…
Inclusivity, Creativity & Shavuot
Unlike Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah, there is no special communal worship. Shavuot does not focus on themes of rededication, liberation or personal salvation. Instead, it is a holiday of…