Allen Students Preserve Holocaust Survivors' Stories

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

William Allen High School students Adalgeovany Caceres, Luis E. Justo, Hector Nunez and Robert Borowski listened intently as Edward Posner talked about his childhood. As the students took notes and recorded the conversation, Posner described what it was like in t…

Israeli Soldier to Introduce Film at JCC

By Monica Friess

The JCC’s 20th Annual Jewish & Israeli Film Festival concludes on Wednesday, June 3, with “Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front.” Presented in partnership with the Federation’s Community Relations Council, the film is a coming-of-age story which fo…

Community Gears Up for 2nd Annual Jewish Heritage Night at the IronPigs

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

Get ready to show your pride!

Following on the success of last year’s first-ever Jewish Heritage Night, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs will bring back the event for a second go-round on Thursday, June 4, at 7:05 p.m.

Kosher food will be ava…

Local Documentary Producer to Receive Prejudice Reduction Award

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

As a Jew serving in the American armed forces during World War II, Julian Stern was given a particularly gruesome assignment: to clean up the Ohrdruf concentration camp so that General Eisenhower and General Patton could walk through.

“H…

Shalom from your Yoav Shlichim

Summer 2015 will be the 13th year the Lehigh Valley will be hosting teens from Yoav, our sister community in Israel. We are excited to welcome them to our community.

In addition to four teens, we also have a summer camp shlicha, Dor Ben Ham, who will serve as the advisor to the Yoav teens a…