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JSummit 2024: A Letter to Our Lay Leaders

By Carrie Darsky JSummit, the JCC Movement’s premier conference for JCC lay leaders and senior…

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Day 271: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber Come in peace, the harvest is already remembered before the last portion…

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Resilience: It's Baked Into Israel and Israelis

By Ellen Daniel Gam v’gam—a concept we learned at the military cemetery atop Mount Herzl…

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Day 263: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber On October 6, Or Levy, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and Eliya Cohen arrived at…

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Day 255: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber Dad, dad, dad, dad come home! With all the words in the…

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Day 248: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber The seam between grief and bereavement and joy—the essence of Israeli existence.…

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A Life-Changing Journey Through Israel With My Merrin Teen Fellows

By Rachel Appell I recently had the opportunity to visit Israel as a member of…

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Day 244: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber To Agree or Not To Agree, That Is the Question. Last weekend…

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Day 242: Iron Swords War

By Leah Garber ”אל תשליכני לעת זקנה, ככלות כחי אל תעזבני“ “Do not cast me…

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Why I’m Honoring Col. Isaac Samuel Israel This Memorial Day

By Chaplain, Major Steven I. Rein In observance of Memorial Day, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council®…

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