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Each of you, our Federation donors, are making modern Jewish history and impacting the lives of real individuals.

For some The Great Kugel Debate, held in October 2020 between Pittsburgh-area college students, may have been a matter of life or death.

A virtual mission to Washington, DC, Snowbird event in sunny Florida and a real MEGA MISSION to Israel are on the horizon.

We find ourselves in a time where we need to be dealing with the emergent issues of today while still thinking about our future.

Meet ZIDAN & ABDOUL: (Sudanese Asylum Seekers) "When people think about Africans, they usually have the notion that we are all like the Graffiti figures behind us: Spear in one hand and Bone stuck to our head. We hope that one day people will see us the way we really are, and not in a preconceived way."

Together we raised over $285,000, bringing the 2021 Community Campaign total to more than $5.5 million towards our $14 million goal!

There is much more the Federation and the agencies we fund accomplished in this crazy year of 2020.

These funds are a combination of campaign and foundation allocations that were reallocated and supplemental donor gifts.

I must share an unbelievable story from this past week that is more personal than I usually get in my messages.

Yesterday, 316 Jews lifted off from their native country of Ethiopia to arrive in their new home in Israel.