Jeff Finkelstein

This piece written by Eric Finger hut, CEO of the JFNA appeared in a daily newsletter (ejewishphilanthropy.com) and demonstrates again the power of working collectively, something that is at the core of how our Pittsburgh Jewish community functions.

I am not psychologist (I am married to one) but it seemed almost like a mild PTSD-type reaction.

We want to encourage as many of our community members to participate in the GA on October 25 and 26.

Today, I want to look at some of the positive things to hopefully pick us all up.

Thank you to you, our donors, for the role you play in enabling the unimaginable to be a reality.

For many people, there is a significant advantage to making contributions of appreciated securities to charitable organizations.

Again, these have focused us all to concentrate outside ourselves, to look towards community.

Hillel JUC staff and volunteers developed new strategies to connect with Jewish students.

Neither geography nor pandemic is a barrier to keeping us connected and caring for each other.

Let’s celebrate hard and quickly because we still have so much to do.

We look forward to continuing to collaborate with, listen to and learn from our partners in the African American community and law enforcement to make Pittsburgh a more equitable, safe and inclusive place for all who live here.

While numbers are critical to measure and inform, in the end, it’s all about people.

Holiness is not an elevated private experience; it exists only in the context of the day to day challenges of living with others.