It’s a byword these days, among us. Resilience is how we describe the way in which our people are continuing to weather this unrelenting storm we find ourselves in. We turn on the TV or social media, and see yet another protest, another violent attack, another scrawled swastika or vandaliz…
One of the most important values in all of Jewish life is unity (achdut in Hebrew). And one of the supreme institutions that strives in the finest ways to insure unity in our Jewish community and beyond is our Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County. For many, “Federation” ma…
The Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County mourns the killing of a young Jewish couple in Washington last night. The two, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, HY'D, were employees at the Israeli embassy who were attending an event for young professionals at the Jewish Museum. We…
It was a burning hot summer, 34 years ago in Jerusalem. I had been backpacking for a month in Scotland and England, and had just got to Israel a few days earlier. The ninth of Av that year was on Shabbat, so the day-long fast commemorating the destruction of the Temple in 68 CE was pushed of…
In 2006, President George W Bush designated May as Jewish American Heritage Month, providing Jewish communities in America with a platform to look back on our history here, celebrating accomplishments in fields such as science, medicine, politics, arts and entertainment. Events and activitie…
