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Titles

Admiral of the Fleet, Madam, Senator, Colonel, Alderman. Viscount, Chief, Doctor, Justice, Professor, Principal….What do all these things have in common?

They are all titles.

Some titles are given as an “accident of birth,” (think Prince Harry) some are conferred, some are given and…

It's a dog's life

This week I was talking with one of our major supporters about funding opportunities. It was a short conversation and we were speaking about different organizations in the community. It was a nice conversation, but it ended a little curiously. He said to me, "My dog keeps my organized."

Upo…

In every generation

Participation in a Seder is more common among Jewish Americans than any other practice; more than the observance of the fast on Yom Kippur (just over half of American Jews) or usually lighting Shabbat candles (23%).  The last Pew survey found that more than 70% of the American Jewish communi…

May this Shabbat bring us all peace

The world’s attention has been on Russia’s unprovoked invasion of democratic Ukraine, which has become the largest war in Europe since World War II.

We have seen the television images of innocent civilians dying, the evacuation of four million Ukrainians who are seeking refuge in forei…

Chutpahdik

Yesterday, Jamie Richman walked in to my office at 3:19 with an exhausted smile on her face,
 
“It’s done,” she said, as she ‘plopped’ in to one of the chairs.
 
What was done was the Savannah Jewish Cultural Arts Festival that was held over 24 days this month.  It was (what…