Exhibit and Personal Account Offer Students First Insight into Holocaust

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

At 4:30 p.m. on March 3, a group of 40 high school students settled into their seats at Lehigh University, preparing to listen to a presentation by Shari Spark, director of the Jewish Federation’s Holocaust Resource Center.

“Excuse me,” one of the students…

Maimonides Society Looks to Help Save Lives on Israel’s Crowded Streets

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

The streets of Jerusalem were crammed with commuters on their way home that day when the call came in. A 6-year-old who suffers from a chronic lung condition was having an asthma attack. 

In 65 seconds, the first ambucycle arrived on the …

Class Searches Out Bitter Herbs

By Jennifer Lader
Congregation Brith Sholom

A recent four-part class, Torah for Foodies, held at Congregation Brith Sholom in Bethlehem, hinted at how the standard fare of Biblical days differed from today’s.

“We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free of charge; the cucumbers, melo…

Lehigh Valley Answers Call to Come Together at 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference

A group of 64 Lehigh Valley community members, including 17 college students, gathered together for the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. Several of this year’s attendees shared their thoughts about this year’s conference and the mission of AIPAC.

CANTOR ELLEN SUSSMAN
Temple Shirat Shalom

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Celebrated Author to Speak at Women's Spring Event

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

Julie Orringer was raised in a Conservative Jewish household, was bat mitzvahed and attended Camp Ramah. 

But when she traveled to Hungary in 2012 to talk about the Hungarian translation of her book, “The Invisible Bridge,” a question…