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Don’t Let the Opportunity to Double Your Impact Pass You Over this Passover! Any new or increased gift you make during our Matching Gift Challenge will be matched dollar for dollar. The challenge ends May 4, so please help us meet our goal and make your gift today!
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IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
39th Annual Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service – All are welcome at this Yom HaShoah event sponsored by our Holocaust Council and the South Orange/Maplewood Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Committee. more
Jtot in the Park Series Schedule Released – This outdoor music, stories, and friends series is once again coming to a park near you. more
Time Is Running Out to See From Memory to History Exhibit – This incredibly moving exhibit about the Holocaust and those who experienced it closes on May 5, and culminates with a Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Lunch ‘n’ Learn at noon on that day. more
BLOG: A Feeling of “Wow” – During Passover, we think about moving forward toward the Promised Land, toward the future. Based on the turnout and the enthusiasm at last week’s Young Leadership event, the future of our GMW community is certainly promising. By Federation CEO Dov Ben-Shimon. more
Synagogue Leadership – The Synagogue Leadership Initiative has brought together representatives from about 40 local synagogues to address topics that concern them all. The group will discuss Fundraising Strategic Planning on May 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Aidekman Jewish Community Campus in Whippany. more
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Sign Up for Kiev & Cherkassy Mission: Journey in Jewish Renewal and Revival – Explore with us the story of the Jews of the Former Soviet Union, meet the people in our partnership communities, and see the incredible work our international partners are doing there. Click here for more about this mission. Click here to find out more about the other incredible missions coming up this summer.
Diller Teen Fellows Application Process Now Open — This international Jewish teen leadership program is open to Greater MetroWest teens who will be in 10th or 11th grade in the 2016-2017 school year and who demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities, dedication to community service, and an interest in Jewish learning. »more
YOUR IMPACT
Giving All Teens an Opportunity to Give Back – J-Serve, the day of volunteering for teens organized each year by The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life was a huge success, as always. But his year it gave a handful of teens with disabilities a wonderful opportunity to give back alongside their typical peers. more
BDS Action Alert – You can make an impact on this topic of utmost importance to Israel. By May 9, please urge your legislators to support legislation stopping Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), a technique being used to isolate Israel from the international community. Click here to find out more and to take action now.
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DID YOU KNOW? —Through your gift to the UJA Campaign, more than 300 kids last summer attended Jewish overnight camp for the first time with a One Happy Camper grant.
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IN THE NEWS
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• Never Again: commandment etched in pain: Questions for Abe Foxman
• Observing Holocaust Remembrance Day
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