Federation Hires New Assistant Executive Director

Jeri Zimmerman will join the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley staff in late February as the new assistant executive director. In this position, Zimmerman will assume primary professional leadership over the Annual Campaign.

Zimmerman comes to the Lehigh Valley with significant Jewish …

Ira Forman to Speak on Combating Anti-Semitism

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

As anti-Semitic attacks continue across the United States and around the world, learning how to combat anti-Semitism is more important than ever.

Ira Forman, special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism for the U.S. Department of State, will provide an in-d…

Volunteers Reach Out on Super Sunday

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

The mitzvot were plentiful on Jan. 31 as volunteers gathered at the JCC and Cedarbrook Nursing Home for the Federation’s annual Super Sunday and Community Mitzvah Day.

More than 100 volunteers, from Hillel students to retirees, made call…

Lehigh Valley Synagogues to Celebrate Shabbat as One

By Rabbi David Wilensky
​Congregation Sons of Israel

On Feb. 12 and 13, our community will experience a celebration of unity that is infrequently experienced today in Jewish communities throughout the world. All of the Lehigh Valley synagogues-- Temple Beth El, Congregation Keneseth Israe…

Stanley Wax Remembered as Pillar of Lehigh Valley Jewish Community

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

It is with great sadness that we mourn the recent passing of Stanley H. Wax, a distinguished Lehigh Valley Jewish community leader and honorary vice president and past president of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley.  

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Wax h…