BAS-CBS Families Bond at Shabbaton

By Jennifer Lader
Congregation Brith Sholom

Imagine spending two days immersed in Jewish life while in a totally stress-free setting. A dozen religious school and Jewish Day School families from Congregation Brith Sholom and Bnai Abraham Synagogue got to do exactly that during a Shabbaton t…

Rubina Tareen: What It’s Like to Be a Muslim Woman

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

On Nov. 8, a crowd of over 200 people gathered at Congregation Keneseth Israel to learn about the status of women in Islam. The featured speaker of the evening was Rubina Tareen. Originally hailing from Pakistan, Tareen works as an interfaith chaplain at Alvernia…

A Wonderful Time with our Friends in Yoav

By Alan Salinger
Special to HAKOL

This summer we visited Israel to share in the wedding of Jeremy Vaida and Meidan Keidar. You may know Jeremy as David Vaida and Cantor Ellen Sussman’s son and Meidan as the former shlicha who spent time promoting Israel’s and Yoav’s relationship with …

Judy Diamondstein to Lead New Haven Federation

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

First as a volunteer and later as a professional, Judy Diamondstein has spent more than two decades sharing her family and her passion for the Jewish community with the Lehigh Valley.

Her husband, Marc, has been a committed volunteer,…

Major Nathan Kline Saves the Day

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor    
 
Major Nathan Kline is no stranger to pressure.

The 89-year old World War II veteran and Allentown native was present for the invasion of Normandy on D-Day and witnessed the Battle of the Bulge from thousands of feet in the air. He joined the Air Force de…