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From Where I Sit...

Insights, community news, and updates from Jason Moss, our Executive Director

  • Jason Moss

    Executive Director of the Jewish Federation

Celebrating Excellence

Recognizing All the Amazing Women in Our Lives

As you may be aware… one of my favorite days of the year is National Doughnut Day. This “day” was established long before any of the other days like National Talk Like a Pirate Day or National Pizza Day. And I am pretty sure it even pre-d…

TZEDAKAH

It’s more than just the coins we collect in a blue box.

A couple of years ago I was having breakfast with a donor. During our conversation, we were discussing the Jewish community as a whole and he expressed his belief that until Jews start learning what tzedakah is really about, how it i…

Coming Together...taking time to pause, remember, honor and heal

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Taking time to pause, remember, honor and heal 

One of my favorite Hebrew words might surprise you. It is not Shalom (peace or wholeness) or Ahava (love), but rather it is Zachor (remember). This powerful word helps us appreciate who we are today and connects us to our past, while at the s…

From where I sit...

Each month, I sit down to write this column… a column we titled many years ago called From Where I Sit. It provides me the opportunity to share my thoughts with the community about things I see, hear and envision in and for our community. As I look back on my past columns, one thing I have…

The People of the Book

The bridge between our Jewish past & today.

Like a lot of people, I enjoy reading. There is excitement when you open and start to read a new book that is only surpassed to getting to the end and finding out how the story ends. However, my love of reading and books pales in comparison to tha…