Shabbat Shalom

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.

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

What makes our Tikkun Leil Shavuot in Pittsburgh so extraordinary is that it breaks down all our communal boundaries.

I want to use this opportunity to express deep gratitude to all my colleagues. Thank you! Toda Raba!

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

Jeffrey Finkelstein Yom Haatzmaut Torch Lighing 5-8-2019

While I know that this quarantine life is not easy for any of us, our ancestors realized it was one of the strongest tools in our tool belt.

Our Federation has secured over $1.6 Million in direct COVID-19 support, coming from a reallocation of existing Federation dollars and additional donations from some very generous donors.