By Monica Friess
Though the likelihood of contracting Ebola in the Lehigh Valley is quite low, the disease, nevertheless, is the subject in the forefront of many people’s minds. In the U.S., one man has died of the illness he contracted in Liberia, and two healthcare workers involved in h…
By Jennifer Lader
Editor, HAKOL
Mara Rockliff was skeptical when her agent first asked her to write a children’s picture book with a Jewish theme. Now she is set to read that book, “Chik Chak Shabbat,” at the Bethlehem Area Public Library’s “Potluck and Pages” event on Tuesday, …
By Sarah Chimino
Marketing Intern
The Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, along with Jewish Family Service, is hosting a food drive this month to collect needed items for local families for Thanksgiving.
Items needed include instant mashed potatoes, stuffing…
Bringing intimate knowledge of life in Israel, the practice of urology and of Western Galilee Hospital, Dr. Dov Engelstein will visit the Lehigh Valley from Oct. 23 to Nov. 6 as part of the Maimonides Society Visiting Physician Exchange Program. The community is invited to attend a special…
By Eleanor Bobrow
Temple Covenant of Peace
This year marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of Temple Covenant of Peace in Easton.
In 1752, 11 Jewish families left the ghetto life in Germany and travelled to a place called Easton with the hope of making a place to live, work, worship …
