Enterprising Teen Stocks JFS with Toiletries

By Monica Friess

A Syracuse-based social action organization founded to provide toiletries and household cleaning products to people in need recently made its way to our own Jewish Family Service via 15-year-old founder Adena Rochelson and a chance Allentown connection.

Rochelson, founder …

Artist with Local Roots Subject of Lunch & Learn

By Julie Taffet
Marketing Intern

The Jewish Federation’s Women’s Division will host a Lunch & Learn program on March 26 with Lindsey Jancay, who will discuss the relatively unknown artist Laszlo Matulay and his deep local connections. 

Matulay was born in Vienna in 1912. He attended s…

Federation Launches Silver Circle to Honor Long-Time Donors

By Alyssa Kevelson
JFLV Donor Relations Intern

Have you been donating to the Jewish Federation for 25 years or more? Welcome to the Silver Circle!

The Silver Circle is a newly launched recognition society to honor these long-time donors for their dedication and commitment to Jews in the Le…

Maimonides Society Offers Expertise to Muhlenberg

The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is teaming up with Muhlenberg College Hillel to offer an informational night for pre-medical students, co-sponsored and hosted by Hillel at Muhlenberg under the new leadership and direction of Rabbi Melissa Simon.  

The M…

Super Sunday Reach Spans Babies to Bubbies

By Stephanie Smartschan
Director of Marketing

With the morning calling shift underway, volunteers from across the Lehigh Valley filled the JCC auditorium. With cell phones in hand and pledge cards in front of them, they worked diligently to reach out to potential donors and ask for their su…