The thought is that together we can make a bigger impact on an organization than we can apart.

Lindsay thought she might feel vulnerable in the hospital, partly because there is this hospital conceptualization of births as a medical emergency. You are on a time table and they want you in and out as quick as possible.

I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying "I don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions."

We have different views on things, and the hope is that the folks that give $500 today as part of J-LEAD will be folks that will be giving substantial gifts that fund the renovation of the Jewish Community Center in the future. By getting them engaged at this age, they will become more interested and excited about doing that in the future.

We hope that the donations to J-LEAD are additional dollars to the Jewish philanthropic world, as opposed to taking dollars from charities that the members already give to.

We did not want to make it about choosing one congregation over another.