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Strong. Brilliant. Inspiring. Resilient. Proudly Jewish.
What next steps will we take as a community to reimagine our Jewish future 5784? During the month of Elul leading up to the Days of Awe, our tradition…
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Moshe Kruger
Lehitraot Dan & Shirlee
On Thursday, September 7th we celebrated Dan Ravitch & Shirlee Greenwald -- see a video recap & photos from the event!
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Welcome new staff at the Jewish Federation
Elliot Marino joins the team as our Front Desk Administrative Assistant. Elliot was born and raised here in South Bend. After graduating high school, he…
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Thanks to everyone who attended our Community Purim Carnival!
Mazel Tov Elisheva Lerman on being named the inaugural recipient of the Lisa Lerman Community Bridge Award
A symphony of change
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“Women Leading a Dialogue” makes an impact
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Strangers in a Strange, New and Wondrous Land
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The only constant is change
Here at the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, we’re having our fair share of change and renewal. To illustrate this point, many of you know that…
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Moshe Kruger
Thank You Shirlee and Dan!
For the past three years, our community has been blessed to have Shirlee Greenwald and Dan Ravitch as staff members of the Federation and members of our…
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Bob Feferman
A message from Dan Ravitch
Lehitraot. A formal goodbye in Hebrew that translates to “until we see each other again.” Three summers later, and Shirlee and I can hardly believe…
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Dan Ravitch
A message from Shirlee Greenwald
It wasn’t love at first sight, this place I mean… It was a way to get on my feet. Unlike my husband who was born and raised here, I had no connection to…
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Jewish Federation
Changing the paradigm
Comedy acts must excel at many things to keep an audience’s interest. Relevance, timing, intonation and edginess are all the moving pieces that decide…
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Rabbi Fred Nebel
The Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund makes an impact.
The Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund (JWEF) of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley was founded in 2001 as a fund run by women interested in…
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Teen's Honey Cake from Our Community Table
It’s September—if you can believe it—and Rosh Hashana is only two weeks away. I have always loved this holiday, with its eternal promise of hope and new…
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Jewish Federation
Our first ever JEWS & CANOES was a huge success!
Thank you to our friends at St. Joseph County Parks (IN) and the team at Ferrettie/Baugo Creek for helping launch our participants into the water on the…
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Jewish Federation
Get to know Omer Karavani
Omer Karavani, our new shaliach, arrives September 14
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