By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
On Tuesday morning, we met with Haifa Mayor Yonah Yahav. The Mayor spoke with pride about Haifa’s response to the fires that ravaged some of its neighborhoods last week.
Mayor Yahav loves this city. He knows its strength is in its diversity, its stro…
By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
I arrived in Haifa yesterday evening, coming directly from Ben Gurion airport to meet our Boston-Haifa committee members in the Romema section of Haifa.
The smell of smoke and ashes seems to be everywhere. This neighborhood, on the northern slopes of Mou…
By Erin Miller
Guest blogger Erin Miller is President of Boston University’s Hillel organization. Thanks in part to CJP’s IACT program that fosters engagement, community building, and Israel advocacy, she has become one of the trailblazers who is helping to transform Jewish life on ca…
By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
Rosh Hashanah is Yom Hazikaron, the Day of Remembrance. We remember our transgressions against God and one another; we remember those who have touched us and those we have lost; we remember who we are, and who we want to be. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks teaches tha…
By Lexi Kriss
This summer, Lexi Kriss went on Birthright, a free, 10-day educational trip to Israel, thanks in part to support from CJP. When asked to describe the impact of this trip, she used words (in italics below) suggested by her fellow travelers in this lyrical essay on discoveri…
