JFS to Expand Volunteer Opportunities

Having just retired earlier than planned, Bobbie Rudolph was on the lookout for a meaningful way to spend her time. Then a letter arrived in the mail from Jewish Family Service about volunteering for The GO Program.

The position was flexible – she could drive who she wanted, when she want…

‘Fairy Tale’ Win Honors Husband’s Memory

As a member of Lehigh Country Club, a long-time friend of the Schiff family and a Federation supporter, Howard Epstein, z”l, was a mainstay at the Federation’s Mortimer S. Schiff Memorial Golf Tournament. 

For his wife, Linda, he was certainly there in spirit on June 20 when she was an…

How Your Taxes Can Help Low-Income Students

By Stephanie Bolmer

Everybody loves a win-win situation, and that’s just what the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program is. The EITC program provides companies with tax credit for donations to non-profit scholarship organizations. The scholarship funds are distrib…

Local Clergy Attend Anti-BDS Training in Philadelphia

By Rabbi Melissa B. Simon
Muhlenberg Hillel

Clergy and Jewish organization officials from Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered on April 25 at the Jewish Community Services Building in Philadelphia for a training designed to strengthen the connections between the Jewish community and Mainlin…

Healthcare Innovator to Join Maimonides Society for 30th Anniversary

Though he is currently living in Philadelphia, by way most recently of Tampa, and serving as the president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Dr. Steve Klasko’s ties to the Lehigh Valley run deep.

His older brother attended Lehigh University and invited him to a …