Marc's Remarks

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What's Right in 5777

Shana tova! A happy and healthy New Year to you and your family. I hope everyone enjoyed the Rosh Hashanah holiday. On September 15, the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article detailing how September is a time when people make as many resolutions as they do in January.

New Year and Nanotechnology

On Wednesday night, Ambassador Dennis Ross spoke to Jewish Federation donors at the Cornerstone Event and shared personal reflections on Shimon Peres (z”l), as well as gave an informative and interesting backdrop to the past and present in the Middle East...

Impactful Days

It is that time of year when we begin our Community Campaign. Today marks the start of what we call 100 Days of Impact. During this time we hope to complete 95% of our annual campaign through your generosity. As of today, we have raised in excess of $730,000 towards a very ambitious goal of…

Great Place to Work

Last week, an organization called Leading Edge released a major survey titled, Are Jewish Organizations Great Places to Work... I am delighted to share that our Jewish Federation ranked above all benchmarks and had the highest overall satisfaction scores among Jewish Federations in the…

Campus Communities and Their Conundrums

This past week, our community was honored to host Eric Fingerhut, President and CEO of Hillel International, and Tina Price, Chair of Hillel International Board of Directors. It is not often leaders of international Jewish organizations come to our community...