Purim Family Service & a Murder/Mystery Event - and So Much to Learn
03/19/2024 06:26:57 PM
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Not only is there a special guest at the Shabbat Service this week; but we will also be celebrating the Aufruf for Brooke Swartz and Matthew Fishkin.
Hear from our congregant, Lenny Glickman
Lenny is a respected executive in both the government and nonprofit sectors. His career includes President and CEO of HIAS, Inc., the Jewish community’s international refugee and immigrant services agency. While at HIAS, Lenny helped lead the agency and our community from focusing primarily on the resettlement of Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union toward the protection and resettlement of refugees from global crises. He also was CEO for two foundations which are deeply rooted in the Jewish community. In government, Lenny was the minority staff director on the Government Affairs Committee for the late U.S. Senator John Heinz, press secretary to U.S. Rep. Tom Ridge, and the top career official at the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. Lenny has authored scores of publications, given live testimony to Congress, appeared on national television programs and received numerous government and human rights awards and citations. He has a Master's degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington, D.C. and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.