Posts by JCC Association

By Leah Garber Numbers matter. We give special emphasis to round numbers that mark birthdays, anniversaries, and yahrzeits. Numbers ground us; they provide a perspective for the time that has … Continued

  By Leah Garber So often during the last 97 days, all I wanted was to go back to sleep and wake up from this horrible nightmare to a new … Continued

By Leah Garber There are mornings when it is impossible to get out of bed. Not only because of the warmth and comfort it offers, but mainly because of the … Continued

By Leah Garber Some choose to tie their fate to the fate of a country that is not their own, a country that goes through upheavals, like a shipwreck fighting … Continued

By Leah Garber “I have 1200 reasons to get up from my hospital bed and to rejoin the fighting again.” — Lieutenant Sahar Nisanov On the morning of the Hamas … Continued

By Leah Garber New beginnings—the air is filled with a sense of anticipation for renewal, for a change that heralds good, and full of hope for a better tomorrow. While … Continued

By Leah Garber Eighty-three days into the hardest war in Israel’s history, and we haven’t gotten used to it. The atmosphere of war is overwhelmingly taking over. It’s all we … Continued