Posts by Doron Krakow

Those Who Lead A big part of the formative years of my career was spent at camp. Right out of college I joined the staff at Young Judaea, the Zionist … Continued

We The People Of late, I find myself thinking back on the meaningful ways I have marked America’s Independence Day over the years. At camp, barbecues and carnivals captured the … Continued

I returned from Israel on Tuesday. David Wax, JCC Association’s newly elected chair of the board, returned home to San Diego the day before. We had spent the preceding week … Continued

Learners, Not Knowers It’s all so straight forward. That’s the key in any event. Take the complex and unpack it until it becomes something requiring little more than an elevator … Continued

To Everything There is a Season Spring is a time of renewal. Longer, warmer days. Blooming trees and gardens. It is a season of beginnings—of new life. A season of … Continued

From Such Seeds As These I spent much of this week in North Carolina, where I had the pleasure of visiting impressive JCCs in Charlotte and Durham. I anticipated I … Continued

When We Rise This was a very busy week for JCC Association, the JCC Movement, and the Jewish world. Staff members from six JCCs (Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, California; … Continued

Sovereignty  Poland. Slovakia. Hungary. Romania. Moldova. Over more than two months, these countries have welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn home in the face of a brutal assault … Continued

V’hi She-am’dah Lavoteinu Velanu | והיא שעמדה לאבותינו We boarded by way of the hangar deck, a cavernous facility just below the flight deck from which fighter jets and helicopters … Continued