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Insights, community news, and updates from Jason Moss, our Executive Director

  • Jason Moss

    Executive Director of the Jewish Federation

Jun 13, 2018

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Pitching In - Building partnerships in life that last

Partnerships are an essential part of daily life. We partner in our personal lives and in our professional world. In every context, the concept of partnership is a familiar one and is a key aspect of what makes our world go round. When I think of model partnerships, among my favorites are: M…

May 1, 2018

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Jewish Summer Camp

There is no better gift a parent or grandparent can give their child

Think back to one of your fondest memories as a child. When prompted, many of us will conjure a memory of our time at summer camp. Jewish adults might even say that their Jewish camp experience was the most formative of th…

Apr 4, 2018

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Wrestling with our Homeland

“If you will it, it is no dream.” With these words in 1902, Theodore Herzl captured the imagination of world Jewry, outlining a vision for a Jewish state in the ancestral homeland of our ancestors.

On April 19th, we will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the realization of this vis…

Feb 13, 2018

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Together We Can Make an Impact

I never have a chance to see all of the movies or television shows that are up for awards, but I love watching television during awards season. The Golden Globes, the Grammys, and the granddaddy of them all: the Oscars. While some may be interested to see which designer everyone is wearing, …

Feb 9, 2018

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Important lessons from our tradition and Spiderman

In his poem, “What Will Matter”, Michael Josephson ends it with the following:

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.

To put it another way, it is our own choice to pursue a life of mea…