Jewish values will guide us through this crisis, as they always have

Less than a week ago, I was looking out of a 12th-story window of a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport, watching with horror as flames and smoke began to consume the hillsides of the Pacific Palisades. Our staff was hosting a regional professional development conference, with seminars on professional skill-building including, of all things, crisis communications. Once the fires started, we quickly pulled together the relevant staff and began the work that federations across the country are built for — coordinating Jewish community response, providing critical services and raising funds to help those in need. [Read More]