So far, we have failed to guide the Federation into political inclusion

Over the past few years I have worried about the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando’s occasional but damaging engagement in partisan activities (I use “partisan” loosely and not to suggest that the Federation is in danger of losing its tax exempt status). This political action has increased divisions in our community and undermined the effectiveness of the Federation. Since this problematic work has been carried out by the Federation’s public affairs arm, the Jewish Community Relations Council, or JCRC —and years ago I was a member of the JCRC — I rejoined the JCRC in December 2019 to try to...