The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley opposes President Trump's Executive Order suspending the entry of legal immigrants and refugees, and expanding detention for immigrants and asylum seekers, from certain predominantly Muslim countries. We join the chorus of national Jewish organizati…
In December 2016, four educators from the Lehigh Valley journeyed to Israel to meet and plan educational programming with their counterparts in Yoav, the Lehigh Valley’s sister region in Israel.
“The purpose [of the trip] was to discuss educational p…
Imagine this. It's the second night of Chanukah and you’ve just arrived at a conference thousands of miles from home with hundreds of people you don't know. You walk into a “Communal Menorah Lighting” and enter a massive room of unfamiliar…
The action of the United Nations Security Council on Dec. 23 in adopting its jaded resolution against Israel cannot be regarded as particularly surprising in view of its history of constantly ignoring the major problems of the region and essentially supporting the repetitive terroristic acti…
Now entering its sixth year, the conflict in Syria continues to take a drastic toll on the lives of the Syrian people. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, millions -- reports of over 10 million -- displaced.
In Aleppo the reports of crimes against humanity have taken the suffering to a …