High Holy Days 2015/5776

Passover

 

Those of you who have gotten to know me over the years may recall that Passover is my favorite holiday.  The memories of the Seders I enjoyed both in Brooklyn and in Merrick (Long Island) growing up are among my fondest.  And, the celebrations of Passover here in Jacksonville have c…

Upcoming events

This is such an exciting time for Federation and the Jewish community. I wanted to share with you what we have to look forward to over the course of the next few months:  

• This coming Saturday evening is our major gifts event at Kimberly and Richard Sisisky's home. Michael Siegal, chair …

Synagogue attack

A representative from the media recently approached me to ask how I felt about the incident in which “people from Palestine” carried out an attack on a holy site in Israel. Of course, the question itself required some correction because, as we know thus far, there is no independent state…

Annual Campaign

This is the time of year when we are in the heart of our annual campaign. Thus far we have raised over $400,000 - a 10% increase over last year.

At our campaign opening event, we learned about the amazing work performed by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, one of our interna…