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Jul 19, 2022

Travel with a purpose

By Jeri Zimmerman

Executive Director

Since travel restrictions have eased a bit, I’ve been lucky to participate in two different missions to Israel in the past few months.

The most recent was an Atidim mission. Atidim, which means futures, is a nongovernmental organization tha…

May 25, 2022

A week of partnership

By Aaron Gorodzinsky

Director of Campaign and Security Planning

Two years ago, before we even knew what COVID-19 was, Jeri Zimmerman, Miriam Zager, and I joined members of the Partnership2Gether committee in Yoav to start working on ideas that could help bring our communities closer t…

May 25, 2022

Sisters forever: Yoav visit to the valley strengthens Momentum bonds

By Annette Mashi

Special to HAKOL

It seemed like only yesterday that 12 women from Lehigh Valley hopped on a plane to visit Israel as part of the Momentum program. The first stop on that trip in July 2019 was to Yoav, the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s partner community. Fr…

May 25, 2022

Young leaders find signs of hope at the Israel Policy Forum conference

By Aaron Gorodzinsky

Director of Campaign and Security Planning

Two years ago I was selected as a Charles Bronfman Israel Policy Forum fellow. The program brings together young Jewish leaders of all backgrounds who are engaged in Israel advocacy to provide access to policy experts, ma…

Apr 28, 2022

What I learned on this trip to Israel

By Bill Markson
Maimonides Society President

This was my third trip to Israel. The most recent was in 2005. Israel is the same place and yet so much has changed. This article highlights some lessons learned from our Maimonides trip.

Israel is a dynamic, booming place with interesting and i…