YLD Chair's Blog

YLD celebrates Chanuka

However you spell it, the Festival of Lights is an exciting time for the Jewish community, and YLD is here to make your holiday a little more special. There are lots of upcoming events: Shalom Jax and YLD Young Families Hanuakkah Storytime at Barnes & Noble locations around town on Dec. 5…

What inspires you? We want your feedback

On the heels of a very inspiring Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, I want to find out what YOU are passionate about. What inspires you? Why are you engaged in Jewish life? How would you like us to create a more engaging YLD? What are we doing right? What aren't we doing t…

Creating an opportunity

Our first Ben Gurion Society event of the year was even more inspiring and informative than I thought it would be. Laurie DuBow gave us great food for thought about philanthropy being an opportunity - for getting involved, for doing well, for self-satisfaction, for communal involvement, for…

Conversation with a Community Leader

I'm eagerly looking forward to our first Ben-Gurion Society event of the year on Oct. 23. Laurie DuBow will speak to us about community engagement and Jewish leadership. It should be fascinating and I plan to take advantage of this rare small group discussion. For those of you who don't know…

Turning 13 again

Ready to let off some steam and party after the holidays? Do you remember your Bar or Bat Mitzvah day? Get a chance to relive the excitement as well as recapture the feeling of the totally awesome 1980s at our YLD Annual Kickoff Bash. It's this Saturday, Oct. 9, at The Ivy Ultra Bar, startin…