Posts by JCC Association

By Leah Garber The human spirit. Stronger than any wall, more stable than solid rock, it will withstand storms and overcome attempts to break it, and, yes, even to the … Continued

By Leah Garber The truth: In an orderly world, there is truth, which is backed by facts, by proofs. In a distorted world, the standards by which injustices are responded … Continued

By Leah Garber As the days go by, more and more horrors are revealed from the monstrous atrocities of the Hamas massacre. The things we are seeing and hearing are … Continued

By Leah Garber Following visits to Israel by myriad leaders the world over—Germany’s chancellor, Romania’s prime minister, the U.S. secretary of state with U.S. senators, president of the European Commission, … Continued

By Leah Garber Thirty-five-year-old Major Omri Michaeli, a fighter in one of the IDF’s elite units, was killed during the fighting in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. During Operation Protective Edge in … Continued

By Leah Garber “A final tribute to the late Capt. Eden Nimri: The late Capt. Eden Nimri, a resident of Modi’in. An outstanding swimmer at “Maccabi Park Hamim Reut”. Eden … Continued

By Leah Garber An entire nation mourns the loss of its sons and daughters as the sequence of funerals for the 1,200 dead has only just begun. The loss of … Continued

By Leah Garber  Twelve hundred. That’s the count today. More than 1,200 people lost their lives this week. Twelve hundred! An unimaginable number of lives lost. Imagine what those 1,200 … Continued