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…

Shalshelet Goes to Washington

By Isabelle Weiman

The alarm clock sounded at 4:30 a.m. exactly on that Sunday morning. Not many students would submit to this kind of torture, but Allentown Shalshelet attracts a special kind of student. We got up two hours before the crack of dawn to travel to Washington, D.C., and learn …

State Rep. Schlossberg to Share Social Media Wisdom with LVJP

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor

In a world of social media-fueled scandals, state Rep. Mike Schlossberg had no shortage of material for his new book “Tweets and Consequnces: 60 Social Media Disasters in Politics and How You Can Avert a Career-Ending Mistake.” Schlossberg is bringing his soc…

KI Participates in Chili Cook-off for a Good Cause

By Matan Peled
Director of Youth Engagement
Congregation Keneseth Israel

On March 14, Congregation Keneseth Israel and our youth group, KITY, were part of a great interfaith community effort. The Barn, a wonderful non-profit organization that cares about the needs of the wider interfaith co…