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Apr 1, 2026

CEO Update: What We're Choosing to Build

For the last couple of years, my family has gone to my cousin Ann’s house for Passover. I love it. Three generations around the same table, doing the same thing our ancestors did. My dad leads the Seder on the first night. Because he’s done this for so many years, it's a little more abbr…

Mar 6, 2026

CEO Update: Between the Sirens

by Danielle V. Minson

Photo: Home Front Command responds to the deadly missile strike in Beit Shemesh. Courtesy: Israel Defense Forces.

The war with Iran has escalated significantly since I wrote to you on Sunday. Hezbollah has joined the conflict. Iran is striking back across the region, hitting Israel, US base…

Mar 1, 2026

CEO Update: Purim, Persia, and This Moment

by Danielle V. Minson

While we were sleeping on a warm, spring-like Shabbat evening, the Armed Forces of the United States, together with the Israel Defense Forces, launched a highly coordinated military operation against Iran to end the existential threat the Iranian regime has posed to Israel, and the broader t…

Feb 6, 2026

CEO Update: What I Saw From the Inside

by Danielle V. Minson

The world was loud last week. And in the middle of it, I was standing in a quiet room in Mexico City, watching teenagers lead a Holocaust remembrance ceremony. The Shinshinim, young Israeli emissaries, stood beside them. The room was still. Jewish memory, passing forward to the next generati…

Jan 27, 2026

I hear you: January 23 CEO Update

by Danielle V. Minson

My word this year is mindful. Barely three weeks in, it's already being tested. 

Iran. Minneapolis. Venezuela. The headlines are difficult to read.  

Some of you have reached out wondering why we haven't said anything. Others are asking us to stay focused on Jewish needs here. 

Many a…