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Danny Grossman

Danny Grossman

Danny Grossman is the former CEO of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. He is currently writing a memoir of his time as a U.S. diplomat/human rights officer stationed in Leningrad during the Cold War.

A memorial stands near the entombed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (Trey Ratcliff CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr)
Posted inLocal Voice

Decades after Chernobyl, Russia’s arrogance toward Ukraine persists

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

The evening of April 27, 1986, began with a call from Jim Schumacher, deputy principal officer of the U.S.consulate in Leningrad where I was serving as vice consul. “Dan,” he […]

Medical responders carry a body bag in Sderot, Israel, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Saeed Qaq-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

A ‘terrorist attack’? No, it was a diabolical pogrom, and the world’s response has left me little time to mourn

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman October 22, 2023October 25, 2023
A person in chair by the lake, reading.
Posted inLocal Voice

‘Summer Slowdown’: Jewish communal professionals need a break

Danny GrossmanArthur Slepian by Danny Grossman and Arthur Slepian June 23, 2021June 24, 2021
three middle-aged women walk down a sidewalk holding signs in hebrew and arabic
Posted inLocal Voice

Israel-Hamas clash didn’t erase efforts for a shared society

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman June 10, 2021June 10, 2021
The East Bay and S.F.-based Jewish federations were founded when the Bay Area was a less connected place. But things started change long ago, with the construction of the Bay Bridge, seen here taking shape in 1935.
Posted inOpinion

Why we’re working together for a stronger Jewish Bay Area

Danny GrossmanLisa TabakRabbi Andrew Kastner by Danny Grossman, Lisa Tabak and Rabbi Andrew Kastner June 3, 2019May 31, 2019
Posted inUncategorized

Three Bay Area Federations are committed to collaboration

Jim BrandtDanny GrossmanJyl Jurman by Jim Brandt, Danny Grossman and Jyl Jurman June 28, 2018June 28, 2018
Langer has a long beard and a black hat. The ads feature drawings of a cow with a third eye wearing a bowler hat.
Posted inOpinion

Chabad rabbi’s misreading of the Federation survey’s purpose

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman February 28, 2018March 2, 2018

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