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The State of Antisemitism

Yesterday (Thursday) I was one of hundreds who took part in the Anti-Defamation League’s “Fighting Hate from Home-2022 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents & the State of Antisemitism in the US” Zoom presentation.  In the presentation they did a deep dive into the state of anti-Jewish hate …

Incident Reporting

It would be hard to open up a web site, a magazine, or a newspaper recently or not see an article about the rise of antisemitism.  To put it simply, American Jews no longer feel as safe as they once did.
 
A recent American Jewish Committee report concluded that over four in ten American…

A Unique Role in our Community

The Savannah Jewish Federation plays a unique role in the Jewish community.  When someone donates to the  Federation Annual Community Campaign, they are contributing to support Jewish education, summer camps, Family Services, JEA, Hillel, Leadership Development and to Jewish rescue and rel…

Vignettes

When writing a column each week (well, most weeks) I try to share a story about the community or the goings on at the Federation and/or JEA.  Sometimes the words fly out in ten minutes and other times I struggle to come up with something that people might want to read. 

Today it was a li…

Sacred Obligations

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day also referred to at the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.  January 27th was chosen to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.

At the request of Australia, C…