Temple B'rith Kodesh Philly Bound! 🇺🇸✡️ Rochester-area Jewish teens — join us Nov 7–9 for an unforgettable weekend in Philadelphia! 🏛️ Weitzman Jewish History Museum 🎓 Temple University Hillel 🕍 Shabbat at Rodeph Shalom 🎨 Mural arts & Liberty Bell 🏀 76ers game A weekend of Jewish pride, new friendships, and Philly fun! Open to all Jewish high schoolers. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH5ccvdeAu_brWZv1FP2VQk24FCZ5TAilu8dPn5LldqCIn9w/viewform?pli=1 (fb)

Last week’s October 7th commemoration demonstrated the power of the collective. When we come together as a community, we create strength. We create comfort. We create hope. More than 500 gathered at Temple Beth El —standing together with local elected officials and faith leaders, including, Congressman Joe Morelle, Jacob Gilbert-Mahoney from the Governor’s Office, County Executive Adam Bello, New York State Assemblyman Josh Jensen, New York State Assemblyman Sarah Clark, Monroe County Legislature, Majority Leader, Michael Yudelson, Deputy Mayor of the City of Rochester, Michael Burns, Brighton Town Supervisor Bill Moehle, Brighton Town Councilmembers Nate Salzman and Christine Corrado,Chrstine Corrado, Deputy Mayor and Brighton Superintendent of Schools, Kevin McGowan, and Episcopal Bishop, Rt. Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer, Thank you to the Rochester Board of Rabbis for leading us in prayer, the Shinshinim for their moving reflections from 10/7, Amit Avni, Maia Weiss and Maya Kronenberger for their soulful musical and dance tributes, Chen Almog whose keynote speech shared moving tributes to two victims of 10/7, and reflections from Journey for Identity participants who traveled from Rochester, Poland and Israel last summer. The evening closed with Hillel Community Day School students, whose voices reminded us that even in darkness, hope lives on through our children. This was a true community effort — organizations, clergy, educators, volunteers, and partners across Rochester came together with one purpose: to remember, to honor, and to stand strong together. A special thanks to the Paul Sanders, the Federation’s Israel Programming Committee Chair, Efrat Petel, the Federation’s Director, Israel and Global Jewry. We are also grateful to our partners, the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center, Hillel Community Day School, Temple Sinai, Temple Beth El, and Congregation Beth Sholom for partnering on this program and the Rochester Police Department and ROC Strong for ensuring our community safety for this evening. If you were unable to join us, you can watch the full program here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfdTRzAiK4 (fb)