Today is my last day here at the Federation and looking at the numbers, I feel pretty good. Believe it or not, it looks like we have a very good chance of going over $2,550,000 for the Annual Campaign. Once again, the campaign team, led by Sydney has a very strong finish. Considering the cam…
Every morning these past two weeks when I woke up, the first thing I did was check www.ynetnews.com to see what happened in Israel while I was asleep. I keep hoping for word of a cease-fire. Earlier in the week I was downstairs in the JCC’s Fitness Center watching Wolf Blitzer interview Pr…
Yesterday I participated in a national conference call with our overseas partners who are on the front lines of the crisis in Israel. On the call were professionals from JAFI, JDC, Israel Trauma Coalition, Masorti Movement, Reform Movement, World ORT, Ethiopian National Project (ENP) and…
Like many of you, I have spent the week glued to CNN (Wolf Blitzer from Jerusalem has been great) and the Israeli news services. I can’t begin to imagine what it must feel like to live under the constant fear of the sirens going off. I have been in contact with many of you this week about …
This past Sunday, JFNA allocated $5 million in humanitarian assistance to Israel. Please help us by either donating on our website (www.jewishnewhaven.org) or sending in a check (marked Israel Terror Relief) to the Jewish Federation at 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525.