Dear Friends,<\/p>\n
For the past several years my wife Harriet has been president of Kulanu, a non-profit that reaches out to far-flung, emerging Jewish communities around the globe.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t be prouder that the Board of Kulanu has decided to honor her on her 70th birthday year with an online tribute journal.<\/p>\n
It always amazes me that while Harriet has managed to be a vital, loving part of our synagogue community, and a totally wonderful wife and mother, she has also found time to be the dynamic leader of a charity that reaches out all over the world.\u00a0 Just to name a few, the Jews of Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe in Africa, the B\u2019nai Ephraim in India, the Jews of Armenia, El Salvador in Central America and the Jewish community in Kaifeng have all been beneficiaries of Kulanu\u2019s and Harriet\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n
I think Kulanu Board member Rabbi Bonita Sussman put it very well when she recently wrote that Harriet \u201chas brought individuals and communities from the most unlikely places closer to Judaism and the Jewish people.\u00a0\u00a0 Her work in a very real sense is the fulfillment of those prophetic visions which speak of the ingathering of the Jewish people from literally the ends of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, stressful as it is for me to ask anyone for money, I know that many of you will welcome the opportunity to honor Harriet and help further Harriet\u2019s and Kulanu\u2019s good work.<\/p>\n