A Message From Our Acting CEO

A Message From Our Acting CEO

Sharing that I work at JFS has led to unexpected and wonderful conversations with strangers and friends alike about their own connections to Judaism.

Echoes From the Canyon: A Message From Our CEO

Echoes From the Canyon: A Message From Our CEO

I am more convinced than ever for the need to create more space for reflection and conversation—to understand the lived experiences that mold opinions.

National Volunteer Appreciation Week 2021: A Commitment to Community

National Volunteer Appreciation Week 2021: A Commitment to Community

It has been a year of contactless volunteering, but the lack of in-person contact has not lessened the sense of community.

Remembering Their Stories: A Passover Message From Our CEO

Remembering Their Stories: A Passover Message From Our CEO

Let’s work to free others of the bondage of their seclusion, the hunger of their loneliness and the exile of their isolation.

Learning to Sing the Song of Ourselves

Learning to Sing the Song of Ourselves

What are we to do with our multiplicity, which is at the essence of our very humanity? I wonder how different our society would be if we started with, “let us be who we will be.”

Purim: No Distinction Between Haman and Mordecai?

Purim: No Distinction Between Haman and Mordecai?

Why does alcohol play such an outsized role in Purim? Digging deeper, what do our texts have to say about this and is there a more meaningful way to celebrate the holiday?

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