From the desk of the President
Roberta Nyman, President
It
was with
the
greatest
of
pleasure,
at the
Annual
Meeting
on May
8th,
that I
was able
to thank
Howard
Levy for
his
service
to our
community
as the
President
of the
Jewish
Federation
of Palm
Springs
and
Desert
Area for
the last
three
years.
.......STORY
Women's Division 2008/2009
Celia Norian
Women's Division President
As
I write this article, I am preparing to
go to Israel. No, I’m not going with the
Federation mission, led by Barbara and
Bernie Fromm......STORY
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Our Religious Institutions Part 4: Beth Shalom and Desert Synagogue
Alan Klugman
Exexutive Vice President
How
rich a Jewish community is in terms of
what it offers spiritually to its
members is perhaps reflected not in the
large institutions that
define it, but in the smaller ones that
round out the options.
.....STORY
A Fact Finding Trip to Israel
By Jim Levitas,
Vice-President, Special Overseas
Projects
As I settled into my seat aboard the
El Al airliner that was about to take me from
JFK to Tel Aviv in the summer of 2002, I struck
up a conversation with a man from Chicago who
was seated next to me. Upon learning that this
was to be my first ever trip to Israel, he said
“you will never be the same after this trip.”
Mid-way through that journey, I knew what he
meant. It took me 57 years.......STORY
