Light One Candle Sunday, December 14
4:00 p.m. Young Leadership Division invites you to a concert featuring the music of Yosi and The Superdads.
Haifa Heat Basketball Clinics at JCC Sunday, December 21
1:00 p.m. Celebrate the first night of Hanukkah at JCC MetroWest with a “Haifa Hoops for Kids” Basketball Clinic featuring Tamir Goodman of the Maccabi Haifa Heat Basketball Club, an Israeli Premier League Team.
A blog by UJC's Executive VP, Max Kleinman
"And You Shall Spread Out, Westward, Eastward, Northward and Southward" (Exodus 28:14)
The aforementioned vision in Jacob's dream certainly has been fulfilled, sometimes to our detriment. Terrorists sought out and executed Jews in the Chabad Center in Mumbai along with 165 other precious souls in downtown Mumbai. Last Thursday, we co-sponsored a memorial service and solidarity gathering. >>MORE>>
from the New Jersey Jewish News
By Robert Wiener, NJJN Staff Writer On cold Super Sunday, donors cast warm glow The MetroWest UJA Campaign raised $1.6 million and secured 2,601 gifts through its Dec. 7 Super Sunday phonathon, pleasing organizers who were unsure what impact a grim economy would have on local donations. >>MORE>>
On The Ground In Israel
By Amir Shacham, UJC MetroWest Director of Israel Operations Nachal Oz — Mumbai, direct The State of Israel, the Gaza strip, and the entire world have changed dramatically. Nothing around us looks the same... and yet nothing has really changed: Kibbutz Nachal Oz is still there, serving as a "living shield" from hostile Gaza. In its fields, the IDF built an army base. Friday night, after dinner, a barrage of mortar shells was launched on this base. Eight youngsters were wounded, three of them severely.>>MORE>>