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Film director to talk to Lions and Poms about music in Sderot, Israel

Music and war have a longtime relationship. Think of fife and drums corps accompanying Revolutionary War armies on the march, buglers signaling orders to Civil War troops.
 
The Lions of Judah and Pomegranates of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley will explore a different sort of …

Polling expert continues elections event he started with Gordon Goldberg

By Shira Yacker
Special to Hakol
 
Professor Christopher Borick will discuss the midterm elections at the Dr. Gordon Goldberg Memorial Lecture at Congregation Brith Shalom on November 3. 
 
As director of the Muhlenberg College Institution of Public Opinion, Borick will talk about Pe…

Thanksgiving is new to the valley's shlicha. Giving thanks is not

By Eynav Dahan
Community Shlicha
 
I don’t know a lot about Thanksgiving. Most is from TV shows and movies I grew up watching. But I do know about giving thanks. My Aunt Anat always told me that saying thank you is the most important thing you can do. To the security guard at the entra…

Major donor reception kicks off new campaign year

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

The location of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s major donor reception was familiar to most of those in attendance on the evening of September 21.

Participants gathered in this lushly green backyard in Westwood Heights for the start of the Fe…

Local Holocaust survivor turns 100

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

It’s not every day that a Holocaust survivor turns 100. It’s only rarer in the Lehigh Valley.

Ruth Saalfeld, a resident of the Heather Glen Senior Living in the Allentown area, celebrated her centennial birthday on September 9. The surprise party drew …