The atmosphere at this year’s Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly was “passionate, energized and exciting,” according to Lynne Cohen, a board of trustees member for both the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and JFNA.

For Cohen, the enthusiasm that filled the hall came as no surprise. It is precisely this spirit that has drawn her back to the annual gathering time and again, she said.

This year’s GA was held from Nov. 16 to Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C.

“This was probably my third or fourth one,” Cohen, a Pepper Pike resident and congregant of B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike, told the Cleveland Jewish News. “I continue to go back every year because I find it really invigorating, motivating and inspiring to be with likeminded lay people and professionals who all sh

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