Last fall, our Jewish community came together for a day of spirited and powerful discussion; prompting many new ideas as to how our community should organize to meet the challenges of the future. Solicited by a grassroots committee, these ideas have been further discussed and dissected, resulting.... (click here to read more)

The BDS Movement: It's in Full Force
Reading the Jewish Times each week is an essential way to keep up on important issues facing our People locally, nationally, and around the world.  Of course, there are other Jewish news sources, too, such as the Forward, now in English.

The front page story of this week's edition reveals the following ominous headline:  "Boycott Targets Stars from Elvis to Elton."

Surrounded by family and friends, Leo Schoffer was recognized recently by the Jewish Federation, for his lifetime of philanthropy and leadership.  Click here to read more

This past February I went to Israel for the first time.  I traveled with 33 other members of our community on Federation’s Mission Possible 2010 to Prague and Israel.  Although I’m not usually a person who cries a lot in public...

I have to be honest - my decision to join the Jewish Federation’s Mission to Israel was not easy.  Leaving my life (and especially my wife and three young children) behind for a ten day trip half way across the world did not, at first glance, seem feasible.