Let's Hope for a Good Deal
We just returned from the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, the largest meeting of the year of Jewish leaders in the country. There was great excitement and collaboration among our communities at the 2014 program called: “The World i…
Family Comes First
Years ago, the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York had a campaign to acquire new depositors. Their theme was: “You have a friend at Chase Manhattan.” A few years later, Bank Leumi came into the same market and realized they may have an edge in attracting Jewish customers…
Rosh Hashanna 5775
Our friends in Israel are not sure what to expect. As they ended the summer, the quiet of the sirens being stopped was a respite. The children going back to school meant a return to normalcy. We hope the cease-fire will hold and that the relative calm can be turned into …
After returning from Israel with JCFR President Richard Samet, Sam reflects on the beginning of Operation Protective Edge. An emergency Board meeting of the JCFR took place on July 23. The board authorized an Israel Emergency Campaign to be run in conjunction with the 2015 campaign. Funding…
The latest news from the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry came from Jewish community officials in Lviv, Kharkiv and Donetsk. In Lviv, which is in Western Ukraine, the situation is more peaceful than other parts of the country and community programming is rebounding. But, there…
