H eadlines
people fighting against hate
in all its forms and to build
partnerships with others in the
fight for justice. The challenges
we face in this work, and in
our daily lives, are great, but
I’m thankful to once again feel
hopeful about the future.

Dara Leinweber, care manager,
Jewish Family and Children’s
Service of Greater Philadelphia
Any Phish phan will tell you
that Phish is more than a band,
it’s a family. And Phish shows
aren’t just concerts, they are
experiences. I’ve traveled 2,500
miles just to see this band. You
get the picture. Trey Anastasio,
frontman of Phish, responding
to the isolation, fear, and doubt
of so many, organized an eight-
week livestream residency from
the Beacon Theatre in New
York City. Not only is it a treat
to hear the music of my favorite
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band played live each week, but
the shows are also a fundraiser
with 100% of the donations
made during the show going
directly to The Divided Sky
Fund, whose goal is to open
a drug and alcohol treatment
center where no one is turned
away for lack of funds. These
shows are literally saving lives
and I am so grateful to be a
part of a phamily that supports
such a worthy and desperately
needed service!
Shmulik Levi, shaliach,
Camp Galil
The opportunity to be
involved in educating the next
generation during this difficult
time is something that I am
grateful for. In this time, it’s
difficult to meet together in
person, through masks and
through screens with social
distancing. Our persistence in
meeting, by age-group, with
dancing and happiness, is
not obvious. I feel that this
is a fact of shlichut. In this
long period of uncertainty,
we need to reinvent ourselves
and acquire new skills. I found
the leaders of the next gener-
ation who are ready for this
challenge. They are already
here among us. They grew up at
Camp Galil, part of Habonim
Dror, the Labor Zionist youth
movement, and now they are
ready for the challenges we face
in these difficult times
Mike Levin, writer, co-host of
“The Rights to Ricky Sanchez”
As the pandemic rages on
uncontrolled, aided by a negli-
gent and malicious government
refusing on principle to be
generous to the people who
elected them amid the worst
health crisis in a century, I am
thankful for the people on the
ground. Obviously nurses and
doctors and hospital staff, but
also mutual aid organizers,
food banks, housing activists,
everyone sacrificing their money
or their time or their comfort
to help other people. They don’t
get the credit or support they
deserve, but they’re essential
to the survival of a society that
seems determined to consistently
make things more difficult for the
most vulnerable among us. On a
significantly less important note,
I’m thankful that the Sixers now
have competent management.

But 2020 has also provided
great lessons about how to
connect, how to lift up our
voices for real change, and
how to support one another
— even in what can seem like
the worst of times. This year,
like many others, I relied on
my family and my faith for
support and joy. I am thankful
for the inspiring stories of
hope and support I’ve heard
across Pennsylvania — neigh-
bors helping neighbors, helpers
finding ways to support their
communities, people banding
together to fight for what they
believe in. It gives me hope
Josh Shapiro, Attorney
that next Thanksgiving, more
General of Pennsylvania
of our families will be able to
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