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…

KI Honors Cantor Jenn and Matan Peled

By Michele Salomon
Congregation Keneseth Israel

It’s been a busy five years for Cantor Jenn and Matan Peled. When they arrived in the Lehigh Valley five years ago there were a lot of beginnings – a new place to live, a new temple and job for Cantor Jenn and a new school for Matan as he …

Event to Showcase the Jewish Origins of Jazz Classics

By Sara Vigneri
Special to HAKOL

Watching Fred Astaire sing Irving Berlin’s “Let's Face the Music and Dance” in the 1936 movie “Follow the Fleet,” it’s hard to imagine this song would become a jazz favorite. It’s a typical Hollywood number; the orchestra plays a long musical i…

Holocaust Exhibit to Expand into Middle Schools

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

For years, the Jewish Federation’s Holocaust Resource Center has been bringing Holocaust education into local high schools through its Legacy Exhibit. 

Now, thanks to the generosity of donors at last year’s Mortimer S. Schiff Memorial…