Dear Sisterhood Torah Fund Chairs and VPs,
Thank you for your patience as we work to address the problem of discolored Torah Fund pins.
Here is the latest:
We will NOT have new pins in time for Rosh Hashanah. Please encourage your donors to wear the pins they have during the holidays. They will all be replaced.
Based on the reports we received from 68 Sisterhood chairs who wrote to reportonpin@jtsa.edu, (thank you!) we have we have settled on a plan to collect all the pins, and return them to the manufacturer:
Eytan’s Designs, Inc.
13805 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Please include their phone number on the mailing label: (818) 905-0411
Please package the pins in their original white boxes, and pack as many of those as you can into a USPS, Fedex, or UPS box for shipping. If the white boxes have been lost or discarded, please…

From: Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman
Subject: Urgent Action for Alan Gross

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to Alan Gross, together with Ron Halber, Executive Director of the Washington JCRC, who has been coordinating with the Gross family the campaign to free Alan.

As you know, Alan was working as a subcontractor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the time of his arrest. Alan has served five years in a Cuban jail on trumped up charges. Among the numerous efforts underway, is a communication which we ask that you sign and circulate. We especially urge synagogues and affiliated groups to bring this to the attention of their members during the holiday season.

Alan, in our conversation yesterday, expressed gratitude for the efforts on his behalf and asked that I convey his appreciation for all that we are doing.

Follow this link to sign the…