Purim Celebrations Planned in the Valley

The festive holiday of Purim begins on March 4 this year and some of the Lehigh Valley Jewish organizations already have plans afoot.

The Jewish Day School reports that Purim is “joyfully celebrated” with the children getting into a festive outlook with Spirit Week leading up to the hol…

Sam Glaser Concert to Benefit Struggling Jewish Families

Lehigh Valley Jewish organizations are set to collectively sponsor a concert featuring world-renowned Jewish musician Sam Glaser. The concert is the culmination of ONE HAND, ONE HEART: Supporting Struggling Jewish Families, a community-wide tzedakah project. Lehigh Valley synagogues, Jewish …

Jewish Community Responds to Events in France

By Jennifer Lader
Editor, HAKOL

On Jan. 9, extremist Muslim gunmen took hostages in a Paris kosher food market, killing four. Days earlier, Islamic militants stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a controversial publication, killing 12. These tragedies followed on years of sporadic vi…

JFS, Mazon Team Up to Address Hunger

Thousands of U.S. senior citizens are hungry or food insecure every day and are eligible for government support to ensure healthy meals. But alarming numbers of seniors are either unaware of, or ignore, governmental support to alleviate their hunger. To assure that qualified seniors get thei…

Super Sunday to Include Community Mitzvah Projects

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

The Jewish Federation’s annual Super Sunday on Jan. 25 will this year be a community day of service.

In addition to making calls to raise funds for the Jewish community, volunteers will have the opportunity to use their super powers to p…