Run. Hide. Fight: Staffers learn how to respond to active threats

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Run. Hide. Fight. “If you don’t take anything else away from today, that’s what you need to take away,” Tim Brooks, regional security advisor for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, told staffers of the Federation, synagogues, and Jewish agencies dur…

Jewish community leaders join national gathering to lobby in DC

Lehigh Valley Jewish community leaders Vicki Wax, Bruce Reich, and Aaron Gorodzinsky traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with elected officials as part of the Jewish Federations of North America fly-in to show our support for Israel.

Our Jewish Federation was there to urge Congress to act…

Post-October 7: How to start the mental healing?

Lehigh Valley community loses one of its pillars, Bobby Hammel

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The Lehigh Valley Jewish community suffered a heartrending loss when Bobby Hammel died at age 71 on December 13 after a seven-year battle with brain cancer. 

For a hint of what he meant to the community, look no further than the name of the Allentown JCC property:…

Israeli EMS chief tells 10/7 stories and urges extra support for Israel

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

October 7 was a devastating day in Israel. But there was hope. Emergency medical services, tested beyond their limit, answered hundreds and hundreds of urgent calls for help. The first responders of United Hatzalah, volunteers who even pay to gas up their own emerge…