CEO Corner - Stories that Matter

A statement on Colleyville from our CEO

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.

A November Message From Our CEO

Dear Friends, Our son Nativ turned 18 the other day. He was nine months old when we moved back to Seattle after I graduated from Rabbinic school. Nine years old when I started at JFS. I have a distinct memory of teaching him how to ride a bike. I was running beside him down our…

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

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.

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.

Our Very Imperfect Union

I pray that we will not fall back into complacency and that we will all feel called to work together to perfect our very imperfect Union.

Healing Our Fractures: An Election Message From Our CEO

The act of service isn’t just a noun that we receive; it is also a verb—an action that we are called to do.

A Sukkot message from our CEO.

What Yom Kippur is to the spirit, Sukkot is to the body.

A Rosh Hashanah message from our CEO.

During this period, our tradition teaches, we must reach out to “clean up” our relationships and seek reconciliation.

A Heart of Many Rooms.

The Talmud—the 1,500-year-old proverbial scrapbook of Jewish legend, law and rabbinic debate—has something profound to teach us today.

The Price of Freedom.

As much as we may want to believe it has been achieved, it is clear our freedom is still a work in progress and isn’t evenly distributed among all citizens.