Gifting isn’t ‘Taboo’ for Women’s Philanthropy

By Charlene Riegger
Director of Marketing

Can you make someone guess the word “Israel” without saying Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or homeland? Chelsea Busch did! She and Ilene Ringold were the actors for their respective teams in the Taboo game on December 17 at the Jewish Federation’s Women…

Expert teaches community crowd how to confront antisemitism, anti-Zionism

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

“Today marks 409 days since October 7,” Shira Bach, a Leventhal intern with the Jewish education organization StandWithUs, told the audience gathered at Congregation Keneseth Israel for the presentation “The Fundamentals of Israel Activism” on November 18. �…

Women’s Philanthropy to celebrate Chanukah, collect gifts for kids in need

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Women’s Philanthropy is having a Chanukah party with a focus on collecting toys and other items for kids who otherwise might not receive gifts.

Robin Raskin of FamilyMatters, a Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (JAFCO) support network, will speak at the Shi…

Community members Stand Together for Israel at D.C. rally

By Connor Hayes
Director of Community Programming

When our community members boarded the bus to Washington, D.C., early on Sunday morning, November 10, everyone among us was hoping we would experience an event with the gravitas and scale of the March in Washington in November 2023. We are p…

Hundreds gather for mutual support on 10/7 anniversary

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

“We remember where we were, what we were doing, and a searing sense of loss,” Jeri Zimmerman, executive director of the Jewish Federation, told the hundreds of people gathered in the JCC to commemorate the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on the night of their fir…