Well, folks, our 10th Year Anniversary Event is only two weeks away. We’re so excited to be hosting this event.

Will there be music, you ask? Oh yeah. The Levins will be there. Kenny Green will be there. Michael Skloff will be there. And a quintet of cantors too!

Will there be storytelling, you ask? Yes yes yes. Rabbi Les Bronstein and Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman. Two of the very best.

Will there be anything to eat? Only if you want something delicious and heartwarming.

So please join us — online or on-site in White Plains, NY.

The event is FREE but reservations are necessary.

There will be NO donation requests during the event. We really want this night to be a big thank you to YOU for making everything we do possible.

It all happens at Play Group Theatre (1 North Broadway, White Plains, NY). We’ll gather at 7:00 pm for hors d’oeuvres, followed by an hour of entertainment and tributes, and conclude with a dessert reception. It’s a school night (that’s “work night” for all you adult types) so the formal part will end by 9 pm. Feel free to hang with us a while, if you like.

Please visit jonahmac.org/ten, and let us know you’ll be with us online or on-site for our June 26 event.

If you have any questions, give us a holler. We sincerely hope to see you there!

And don’t forget, our “We’re 10 Years Old!” campaign runs throughout the month of June.

Please stop by jonahmac.org/donate and, as they say, give til it feels good.

And please know how much we appreciate each and every gift.

Thank you.

We are so excited to announce the GRAND OPENING of Jonah’s Trading Post!

Our shelves are fully stocked with mp3 recordings, guitar lead sheets, piano-vocal scores, choral arrangements, and even some full band arrangements!

There’s music by Billy Dreskin, Beged Kefet, So Is Life, and Craig Taubman.

And THERE ARE NO PRICES ON ANYTHING! Any music you decide to bring home is yours for the taking. Our hope is that you’ll make a donation to the Foundation on your way out the door.

To whet your appetite, here’s a piece called OR ZARUA that Billy wrote. He only recently finished recording it with Ellen and with The Levins. Ira and Julia Levin are two of this country’s precious folk-singing gems and we were honored to make music with them. “Or Zarua” is a text from Psalms that basically proclaims it a wonderful idea to do good things for others. Give it a watch and a listen …

Okay, so let’s assume you really like OR ZARUA. Now you can go to Jonah’s Trading Post and see what we have for you there. First, you’ll see icons for all of Billy’s music. Scroll down and click on OR ZARUA. Then just beneath the title, click on the dropdown for Download Format and you’ll see all of your choices: for this item, MP3 Audio and Vocal-Cello-Guitar Score (pdf). Choose one, tell us how much you’d like to donate, then Add to Cart. Keep shopping or move on to checkout. That’s it!

Every piece of music in Jonah’s Trading Post has a player that lets you listen. You can do that all you like, everyday if you like, without ordering any music. We’re just happy to have you come listen.

And that’s Jonah’s Trading Post, where your donations to the Foundation become our gifts to you. How fun is that!

If you have any questions, give us a holler.

And don’t forget, our “We’re 10 Years Old!” campaign runs throughout the month of June.

Please stop by jonahmac.org/donate and, as they say, give til it feels good.

And please know how much we appreciate each and every gift.

Thank you.

Our June campaign is out the starting gate. And we hope you’ll want to participate.

For a decade now, your faith in our family’s desire not just to remember Jonah but to honor his memory by bringing as much good into the world as we can, well you’ve made that happen.

And you can make that happen again.

Here’s what longtime donor Sally Winter recently wrote us:

I never was lucky enough to know Jonah. You might ask then why have I continued to support this foundation? I didn’t know Jonah but I have had the opportunity to learn with Jonah’s mom at URJ kallot. I have had the chance to watch Jonah’s dad lead services and listen to him teach. I think one of the most difficult experiences in life must be losing a child. Billy and Ellen have turned their tragedy into a beautiful remembrance. The Jonah Maccabee Foundation continues to honor Jonah and do so much good in areas that were important in his life. To me, action is important. As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said: “For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. [For me,] our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.'” I feel that by continuing to support this foundation, I am praying with my feet. It is an honor and a privilege to be able to do so.

And don’t forget …

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https://jonahmac.org/ten                                             https://jonahmac.org/trading-post

This is the month! Our 10th Year Anniversary Event is only a few weeks away. And we’re really hoping you’ll join us — online or on-site in White Plains, NY.

The event is FREE but reservations are necessary (so we’ve got enough chairs and food and that sort of stuff).

And in case you’re wondering, we’re not going to ask you to donate any money while you’re there. We really want this night to be a big thank you to YOU for making everything we do possible.

So please join us on June 26.

The celebration will take place at Play Group Theatre (1 North Broadway, White Plains, NY) which is where Jonah pretty much grew up, discovering show biz, his love for being a ham, and where he learned how to care for his fellow actors both onstage and off. We were delighted and humbled when Jill and Steven Abusch, proprietors of said theatre, opened their doors to us.

We’ll gather at 7:00 pm for hugs and hors d’oeuvres, enjoy an hour of entertainment and tributes on PGT’s mainstage, followed by a dessert reception. Part of the evening will take place in our very favorite space at PGT, the Jonah Mac Theatre (yep, named for that Jonah Mac).

So won’t you come be with us? After all, you’re the ones who made all this happen. And you deserve some great music, stories, and delicious hors d’oeuvres!

Okay, there is one $$$ ask. With the war in Ukraine dragging on, we want to do what we can to help them out. When you register, you’ll be invited to kick in a few bucks to help with Ukrainian relief. Those folks have been putting everything on the line, and we want to let them know we’ve got their backs. Thank you in advance for that.

‘Nuf said. Time for you to visit jonahmac.org/ten, and let us know you’ll be with us online or on-site for our June 26 event.

If you have any questions, give us a holler. We sincerely hope to see you there!

We’ve got THREE EXCITING PIECES OF NEWS to tell you about.

#1: “We’re 10 Years Old!”