When Meidan Keidar first arrived in the Lehigh Valley as a shlicha in 2011, she knew she would be meeting teachers, rabbis and other influential members of the Jewish community – but she had no idea that she would be meeting her future husband and spa…
On Oct. 22, 2016, at Temple Covenant of Peace, Mika Kanofsky celebrated his bar mitzvah. Joined by a caring community of family, friends and synagogue members, and encouraged by Rabbi Melody Davis and Cantor Jill Pakman, Mika, who has autism, was able to c…
The Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley joins with millions of Americans, President Obama, and Secretary Clinton in congratulating President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence upon their election. American democracy is the envy for ci…
On the afternoon following Election Day, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the Jewish Federations of North America hosted a conference call to discuss who Jewish voters supported, what the Jewish community can learn from this data and what can be e…
By Aaron Gorodzinsky
JFLV Director of Outreach and Community Relations
On Nov. 6, surrounded by other Jewish community professionals from across the state and the vice consul general in New York, I had the privilege of witnessing Gov. Tom Wolf sign House Bill 2107, the anti-BDS bill, in…
