By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
My father, Nathan Shrage (z"l), loved and valued this country and everything it stood for. He was a child of immigrant parents who had come to America only a few years before he was born. He understood well what life had been like for his parents in Poland, …
By Chelsea Rubin, CJP Staff
“The shamash is the candle on the menorah that lights all other candles…we each are like the shamash. We each have the ability within us to light up other people—to light up their lives, their smiles, with a positive statement which is being a good friend o…
By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
Chanukah reminds us every year that light can banish darkness and that even in difficult times, it is our obligation to bring light into the world. I can't imagine a moment in recent years when we've needed the light of Chanukah more. The world seems covere…
How Your #GivingTuesday Gift Can Help
Poverty affects thousands of people in the Jewish community, in places where you might not expect. The stereotype of the affluent Jewish family puts even more pressure on those trying to meet basic needs; few people seem to believe that Jewish families …
By Barry Shrage, President of CJP
On Sunday, I attended Ezra Schwartz's funeral. Hundreds of Ezra’s young friends filled the synagogue along with hundreds of people from around the region who wanted to comfort his family and declare, along with his Rabbi, Meir Sendor, that while Ezra led …
