We Welcome New Leaders
Last summer I was accepted into Leadership Metro Richmond, the region’s community leadership development organization. It has been my pleasure to participate in the Leadership Quest Class of 2015.
Leadership Quest connects a diverse group of 65 community l…
We can stop the spread of this madness
In the summer of 1966, my Uncle Lou Jacobi took me to see a movie at the Lowe’s Movie Theater in Manhattan. It was a great experience for a pre-teenager to go with his uncle – the movie actor – to go to see something on the silver screen. But…
European Anti-Semitism on the rise, actions taken
The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond is shocked and grieved following the attacks on the Krystalgade Synagogue and the cultural center in Copenhagen that has left at least two people dead - including Dan Uzan, a Jewish volunteer s…
Lone Wolves or an International Terrorism Network?
On Friday July 28, 2006, a man entered the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and opened fire. He killed one member of the staff and injured 5 others. The SCN network – a Jewish Federations of North America sponsored email alert …
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
This old thought experiment may well be familiar. It’s supposed to perplex and confuse us. It’s supposed to be unanswerable.
This question can be construed as a sleight of hand made of wo…
