Fay Kun recalls mom's time in Nazi camps on Yom Hashoah

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

“It’s up to us to make sure their memory never dies,” Jeri Zimmerman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, told those gathered at the JCC for the Yom Hashoah commemoration on April 17.

Local students had just finished their readin…

Volunteers finish Holocaust Resource Center reorganization

The Women’s Philanthropy division of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley has completed its mitzvah project to reorganize the Holocaust Resource Center in the JCC.

It’s a well-known story by now that during the pandemic, many people used their time in isolation to clean out their …

Federation staffer tells dad's Yom Kippur War story to Yom Hazikaron crowd

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The first thing you saw on entering the auditorium at Congregation Keneseth Israel for the Yom Hazikaron ceremony was the exhibit dedicated to fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks.

It had been set up by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley…

'Antisemitism is an existential threat': U.S. Rep. Susan Wild

By Carl Zebrowski

Editor of Hakol

The Summit to Combat Antisemitism on March 12 started with a joke.

U.S. Rep. Susan Wild told the audience at the region’s first-ever antisemitism summit that while she was getting ready for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley and Anti-Defamation …

6 things you can do to combat antisemitism

By Carl Zebrowski

Editor of Hakol

Panelists at the Summit for Antisemitism did more than update the crowd on the current state of antisemitism and what’s being done to address the problem. Their coverage of the day’s topics can be pared down to a to-do list for the defense. Here are so…