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As you light the last candles of Hanukkah tonight, celebrate the miracle that this holiday represents, and appreciate all your blessings, please consider bringing 2017 to a meaningful close by making a year-end gift to the UJA Annual Campaign.
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IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
Federation Offers Synagogue Security Matching Grants – Recent national events have reminded us of the risk that exists within houses of worship. As a part of our Community Security Initiative we will provide 20 matching grants of up to $2,500 for synagogue security upgrades. more
Providing a Forum for Jewish Educators to Share Ideas – JKid Educator Interchange Workshops give educators from camps, day schools, and synagogues opportunities to share ideas with their colleagues. more
Congratulations to our 2016-17 Diller Teen Fellows – Last week the 20 members of GMW Diller Teen Fellows Cohort 10 celebrated the completion of their fellowship journey in a ceremony attended by their families and community members. more
JWF Special Initiative Educational Lunch – Join the Jewish Women’s Foundation on Tuesday, January 9, at noon for a working group lunch exploring the challenges currently facing legal refugees in New Jersey with guest speaker Alison Millan, New Jersey Resettlement Director. Lunch will be catered by United Tastes of America’s Syrian Supper Club. Cost is $20. For more information contact Susan Friedman at (973) 929-3005 or sfriedman@jfedgmw.org.
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
BLOG: It’s Time to Advocate for Religious Pluralism in Israel – We’ve reached a critical juncture in our relationship with Israel. And now I believe that it’s time to set up an advocacy program focused at the top national levels of Israeli decision-making. By Federation CEO Dov Ben-Shimon. more
YOUR IMPACT
BLOG: Lessons I Learned from My Grandma – I am proud to be able to help grandparents and their grandchildren establish a bond between one another and Israel thanks to Federation’s partnering with the Jewish Agency for Israel to bring G2 to Greater MetroWest. By Director of Empowerment for Families with School Age Children Justin Sakofs. more
IN THE NEWS
An optimistic Ehud Olmert takes the stage
Rutgers praised for actions against prof, but “not enough”
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DID YOU KNOW? – More than 700 community members – including more than 100 teens – joined us for an inspiring and entertaining evening with Tony Award-winning Broadway star Ben Platt at LIVE365. We’ll post plenty of photos in the next issue of Access Federation on January 2.
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