Shabbat Shalom

The dollars we raise are here for a purpose – to help.

We are trying not only to keep our community safe, but also trying to help everyone to feel safe.

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.

I write this message on a tragic day for America as we remember those murdered nineteen years ago.

How prescient our founders were, when they appointed the first Holocaust Center director in September 1980, forty years ago this month.

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

If you have not yet registered, you can register for the Annual Meeting online.

During these economically challenging times, it is our imperative as Jews to help those in need.

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.

While we are still practicing social distancing and dreaming of a time when we are able to travel, to sign up to receive more information as details continue to be hammered out.

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.