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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…

A time to laugh and a time to cry

By Gavriel Siman-Tov
Community shaliach

What is a memory? Why do we remember? Why do we need to remember?

Growing up in Israel, those questions come to your mind almost every year around this time.

And it’s not just remembering. We are sharing the pain and the burden of remembering toge…

THE IMPACT ONE MAKES: The Scherlines

By Stephanie Goodling
HAKOL Editor

The Scherline name is well-known in the Lehigh Valley thanks to The Scherline Group and the legacy of attorney Jay Scherline, z”l. When he and his wife, Lorrie, moved to the Lehigh Valley decades ago, they joined the welcoming community they found at Con…

What's your Passover story?

We asked members of the Jewish community from around the Lehigh Valley about their favorite meaningful Passover traditions and memories. Here are some of their responses!

Aliette Abo:
One of my favorite Passover traditions is when everyone at the table signs their name and records the date…

Expanding the definition of family

The Jewish Agency for Israel

Editor’s note: The Jewish Agency for Israel is an overseas partner of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley. This month, we are proud to share their recent feature on members of our Partnership2Gether region of Yoav in Israel.

In 2013, when Hanna Bachar�…