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Sep 22, 2016

Maimonides Brunch to Tackle Jewish Genetics

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor
 
Editor’s note: Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, MS, LCGC, CCRC, senior director of JScreen and instructor at the Emory University School of Medicine, will speak at the Maimonides Society Bagel Brunch on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 10:15 a.m. at the JCC.
 
​Q: Pleas…

Sep 22, 2016

Camp Ramah Director to Speak about ‘Making Jews’ at Major Donor Reception

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor
 
Rabbi Joel Seltzer, executive director of Camp Ramah in the Poconos, will tackle the topic of "Making Jews in 21st Century America" at a reception for Jewish Federation major donors on Oct. 6. The phrase “making Jews” might sound odd, but it gets at th…

Sep 22, 2016

Two Past HAKOL Editors Reflect on Changes and Community

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor
 
Editor’s note: The following serves as Part 2 of a story in the September issue about the history of HAKOL.
 
The HAKOL you hold in your hands (or read on the web) has come a long way from the eight-page, Allentown-focused, non-advertising paper that …

Sep 22, 2016

Pen Pals Stay Connected ‘Under the Same Moon’

By Stephanie Bolmer
 
For three years now, kids in the Lehigh Valley and Yoav have been learning about how they all live ‘Under the Same Moon.’ That’s the title of the book that second and third graders from religious schools in the Lehigh Valley and third graders from Haela School …

Sep 12, 2016

Muhlenberg Researchers Return to Discuss Local 'Women of Valor'

Join Gail Eisenberg and Sue Clemens for a return engagement at the Women’s Division Lunch & Learn podium as they present “Women of Valor” at the JCC on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 12 p.m. 

They will be presenting their continued research on the Jewish families who led the textile industry…