Shabbat Shalom
No other organization in the Pittsburgh region does more for Jewish security than the Federation.
Yet, while I eagerly look forward to the seders, I can’t purge what I experienced in Poland and at the Ukrainian border out of my mind.
Two nights ago, our Board Chair Dave Sufrin and I returned from a national Federation leadership mission to Warsaw and the Ukraine border.
For the next 5 to 10 minutes, she cried in front of us, and like Omicron, her weeping spread fast to the rest of us.
What will happen between Russia and Ukraine is anyone’s guess.
Leaders gather at the Federation building to announce $4.5 million in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program.
Yesterday impacting today and tomorrow. Today impacting today. Today impacting the world around us. Just a normal week for our Federation.
Chanukah is the perfect time of year to show our appreciation for all they do.
Concurrently with the growth of cemeteries under management, the leadership of JCBA has been working diligently to build an endowment to support cemeteries that do not have adequate endowment funds.
For me, and for the families that participate, it is a light that shines through a cloudy and gloomy time.
I hope you will join me in many of these opportunities to remember and honor both who and what was taken from us.
Federation has “its hands” into many areas in our Pittsburgh community. One where we are playing an important role is with the Eradicate Hate Global Summit scheduled to take place in Pittsburgh from October 18th-20th. Our responsibilities, largely hidden from public view, have been on the administrative side, serving as the fiscal agent for this […]
Learn about the Samuel L. Goldston Teen Philanthropy Project and Honeymoon Israel.
Believe me, we will do what is right whether the request comes from a donor or not.
I am writing this message sitting at Ben Gurion airport awaiting my return flight to the states following a whirlwind experience as part of a Jewish Federations of North America Solidarity Mission.
Working in partnership with our volunteer leaders has been and continues to be one of the greatest blessings I have experienced in this work.
Fighting antisemitism and hardening Jewish facilities are both about the safety of our Jewish community.
Join me at 6 PM on Tuesday in downtown Pittsburgh at the City-County Building to stand b’yachad, together, in solidarity against antisemitism.