72nd Annual Hadassah Concert to Feature Klezmer Band

By Beth Orenstein

Bethlehem Group of Hadassah Greater Philadelphia Chapter

The Manhattan Klezmer Band is bringing its toe-tapping, Eastern European party music imbued with Jewish tonalities and spirituality to Congregation Brith Sholom in Bethlehem at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. 

The hour-lo…

Last Living Monuments Man Comes to Lehigh Valley

By Laura Rlgge
HAKOL Editor
 
Harry Ettlinger has seen a lot in his 89 years.
 
Ettlinger was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1926. He and his family personally witnessed the rise of Hitler and the National Socialist Party, before fleeing Germany the day after Et­tlinger' s bar mi…

Knitting Club Donates Blankets and Creates Friendships

By Gwen A. Jacobs
Special to HAKOL
 
In 2006, an appeal was sent out from Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg for some comfort lap blankets for the Oncology Department. The blankets would be for the patients receiving chemotherapy infusions, who often experience chilling during treatment.  A g…

Ben-Gurion University Honors Wayne Woodman

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor
 
To Wayne Woodman, Ben­Gurion University cannot be separated from the land where it resides. "The university and the Negev are absolutely intertwined," he said.
 
For the past 11 years, Woodman himself has also become intertwined in the catalytic relationship …

Lehigh University Brings Holocaust Documentary to the Lehigh Valley

By Elsa Collins
Lehigh University
 
Would you risk your life to save a stranger and never talk about it? 

Lehigh University is proud to host a free screening on Oct. 22 of the documentary “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes,” which tells the story of Italians who saved the lives…