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A Call to Lead by Example this Election Season

By Zachary Benjamin

In a few days, Americans will vote to elect the 47th president of the United States, thus beginning what is likely to be a protracted, strained resolution of one of the most contentious, divisive, and adversarial political processes in American history. Since at least th…

Wishing Our Community Peace, Reflection, & Renewal on these High Holy Days

By Zachary Benjamin, President/CEO

As we turn our attention to the High Holidays and the transition to a new year, we also shift from the mundane to a celebration of renewal. We might define the end of Elul and the beginning of Tishrei as the Shabbat of the Hebrew calendar, offering us an e…

September 11 and October 7: An Exercise in Understanding Scale

By Zach Benjamin, President/CEO

Earlier this month, America marked the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which robbed our country of nearly 3,000 innocent lives and indelibly altered its social and political landscape.

A handful of times per century, humanity experiences a figu…

A Little Bit About Me, Us, and Our Future

By Zach Benjamin, President & CEO

As I have immersed myself in the process of learning the opportunities and anxieties facing Central Pennsylvania’s Jewish community, I have also reflected upon my own personal challenges and triumphs over the course of the past five years. The story arc o…

Strength to Strength: Weaving a Remarkable Fabric of Jewish Life

By Zach Benjamin, President/CEO

Evolution is a theme that is woven through Jewish history, and which is critically important as we write our Jewish future. It is a tremendous personal and professional joy, then, to join the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg as president and CEO in thi…