NYT pundit tells crowd Jews share blame for declining clout but can fix it

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor

Set a realistic goal, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens told a Jewish community audience at Muhlenberg College on September 17. In your personal effort to help strengthen the Jewish community heading into the future, he said, if you shoo…

New faces turn out for spirited Maimonides happy hour

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor

Cozy can be good for the mood of an event. On the evening of September 24, dozens of members of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s Maimonides Society and family filled Jay’s Local eatery in Allentown to kick off the Federation’s new campaign year and catc…

Long Island lone soldier tells Gaza combat story at TBE

By Elaine Langer
Temple Beth El

Ira Kohler, a former Israel Defense Forces paratrooper, told stories from his post-October 7, 2023, combat experiences at Temple Beth El on September 5. In a discussion facilitated by Rabbis Shoshanah Tornberg of Congregation Keneseth Israel and Michael Singe…

Valley mayors honored Jewish community as New Year neared

Community leaders and others came out to the JCC on September 9 to see Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk present an official proclamation, signed by the mayors of all three Lehigh Valley cities, honoring the Lehigh Valley Jewish community as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, approached.

“This Va…

P2G kicks off 2027 campaign year with 2 October events

The Yoav-Lehigh Valley Partnership2Gether is kicking off the Jewish Federation’s new 2027 campaign year with two popular programs in October designed to bring members of our local community and our partners in Israel together for fun, learning, and bonding. 

The first in a series of Learn H…