Executive Note Archives - Stories that Matter

What can be said that hasn’t already been said as the country continues to suffer, while our leaders seemingly refuse to find a way forward?

While we feel sorrow and anger, we must also continue to stand united in opposition to bigotry in all forms and in support of common-sense gun laws.

We can never know what small kindness tips the scale towards hope and life for someone. And for that reason, what choice do we really have?

Today’s societal anger and divisiveness may be what it looks like when we collectively try and bury the pain of loss rather than address it.

We need to call this hatred what it is and call on those who are not Jewish to do the same. As history has taught us, we do not have a choice.

As the assault on Congregation Beth Israel in Texas unfolds, we are once again left grappling with the reality of targeted hatred directed at Jews.