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light

on

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e of

the

agen

cies

and

pro

gram

s su

ppor

ted

by T

he A

ssoc

iate

d: J

ewis

h Fe

dera

tion

of B

altim

ore

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hen

we

are

ask

ed w

hat

mak

es o

urs

su

ch a

sp

ecia

l co

mm

un

ity,

w

e al

way

s sa

y th

at it

co

mes

do

wn

to

th

e p

eop

le.

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he A

ssoc

iate

d: J

ewis

h Co

mm

unit

y Fe

dera

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of B

altim

ore,

we

are

ble

ssed

to h

ave

skill

ed p

rofe

ssio

nals

, pas

sion

ate

volu

ntee

rs a

nd g

ener

ous

dono

rs w

ho h

elp

mak

e cr

itica

l

pro

gram

s an

d s

ervi

ces

avai

lab

le fo

r eve

ryon

e. It

is th

e p

eop

le

who

mak

e a

diff

eren

ce in

our

com

mun

ity.

As

we

app

roac

h th

e Je

wis

h N

ew Y

ear,

we

are

hap

py to

sha

re

with

you

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Ass

ocia

ted

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2015

cal

enda

r. W

e ha

ve b

roug

ht

toge

ther

men

, wom

en a

nd c

hild

ren

who

pai

nt a

com

pel

ling

pic

ture

of o

ur in

spiri

ng c

omm

unit

y an

d d

emon

stra

te th

e va

lues

of T

he A

ssoc

iate

d in

act

ion.

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e ar

e ju

st a

few

of t

he th

ousa

nds

of in

spiri

ng s

torie

s

unfo

ldin

g ea

ch d

ay in

Jew

ish

Balti

mor

e. W

e ar

e ex

trem

ely

pro

ud

of th

e ro

le T

he A

ssoc

iate

d p

lays

in th

e liv

es o

f the

se in

divi

dual

s

and

fam

ilies

. Whe

ther

it is

sup

por

ting

the

vuln

erab

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r

nurt

urin

g Je

wis

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entit

y, T

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d m

akes

a d

iffer

ence

in p

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le’s

live

s.

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ugho

ut th

is y

ear,

you

will

see

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er s

torie

s in

mar

ketin

g

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eria

ls, o

n ou

r web

site

, ass

ocia

ted

.org

, and

on

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ocia

ted

’s F

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ook

pag

e. W

e ca

n th

ink

of n

o b

ette

r

way

to d

emon

stra

te th

e m

issi

on, v

isio

n an

d v

alue

s of

The

Ass

ocia

ted

than

thro

ugh

the

wor

ds o

f the

peo

ple

who

dire

ctly

ben

efit f

rom

the

pro

gram

s an

d s

ervi

ces

in o

ur s

yste

m.

We

hop

e yo

u w

ill lo

ok fo

r the

se s

torie

s th

roug

hout

the

year

and

that

you

will

be

mov

ed b

y th

eir m

essa

ges.

We

can

all t

ake

grea

t

prid

e in

wha

t we

have

cre

ated

and

wha

t will

sus

tain

us

all f

or

year

s to

com

e: o

ur tr

uly

insp

iring

com

mun

ity.

Mar

c B

. Ter

rill

Pres

iden

t

Than

k yo

u,

Mar

k D

. Neu

man

n

Cha

ir o

f the

Boa

rd

The

Ass

oci

ated

: Jew

ish

Com

mun

ity

Fed

erat

ion

of B

alti

mor

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ren

gth

ens

and

nur

ture

s Je

wis

h

life

by

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agin

g a

nd

sup

por

tin

g c

omm

unit

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par

tner

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G

reat

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imor

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Isra

el

and

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th

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orld

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The

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oci

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nec

essa

ry to

ad

dre

ss t

he

evol

vin

g

lan

dsca

pe

of J

ewis

h l

ife,

ensu

ring

a v

ibra

nt c

omm

unit

y

for

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns.

VIS

ION

TH

E A

SSO

CIA

TED

JEW

ISH

CO

MM

UN

ITY

FED

ERAT

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BALT

IMO

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he

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id f

or t

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imp

over

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educ

atio

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r Je

wis

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ticul

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hist

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e Ba

ltim

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mun

ity

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com

mun

ity

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six

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l’s fa

mily

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live

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timor

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m m

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they

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ter

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amily

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e p

ast t

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amily

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tory

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e ar

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ays.

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pre

serv

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akes

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ple

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are

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thos

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y a

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wif

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man

, Mic

hael

say

s, w

ho a

lway

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orts

a sm

ile; a

man

who

has

bec

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a tr

ue fr

iend

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his

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r adu

lt is

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el’s

Jew

ish

Com

mun

ity

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ices

(JC

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itzv

ah M

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ty

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nts,

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pp

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its

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d p

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nally

esc

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e’s

even

trad

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mily

sto

ries.

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out s

even

yea

rs a

go, M

icha

el, w

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pen

t yea

rs

tran

spor

ting

his

mot

her t

o he

r med

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app

oint

men

ts, w

onde

red

how

sen

iors

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out

fam

ily m

ade

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doct

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e di

scov

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the

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ntee

r Mit

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ility

pro

gram

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now

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es a

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pan

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nts

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ral t

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wee

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arts

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me,

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s, a

ddin

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my.

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we

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