The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley condemns in the strongest terms Saturday's violence in Charlottesville. We mourn the death of Heather Heyer, an innocent counter-protester, and two state policemen, and send condolences to their families. We pray for the well-being of so many others…
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On June 25, the Israeli government voted to suspend the historic decision reached last year to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel (Western Wall). This decision has been heavily criticized abroad and protested in Israel, b…
By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor
Sixty-five Jewish state legislators from twenty-six states wrote a letter to President Donald Trump on July 7 asking for an appointment of a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism in the U.S. State Department. Among the signees were Pennsylvania sta…
We are deeply disappointed by two actions taken by the government of Israel that represent a severe threat to Jewish unity and Jewish peoplehood.
Unfortunately, the government voted to suspend the historic decision reached last year to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel (Wester…
By Aaron Berger
Special to HAKOL
A girl’s bat mitzvah traditionally occurs at age 12-13, but on May 5 at Congregation Keneseth Israel, Nina Pinsley, Barbara Garrison, Lisa Tumbleson and Lisa’s daughter Aviv had a joint adult b’not mitzvah. Together, they committed to the Torah and Jew…
