By Zach Benjamin
As we approach Hanukkah with its themes of rededication, it seems appropriate that our community is engaged in an ongoing conversation regarding the renewal and re-envisioning of its physical spaces going forward. The November 18 community conversation served as a challengi…
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…
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…
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…
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…
