Coming soon to Lehigh Valley: Judy Gold’s dark, silly, smart, Jewish comedy

By Gia Jones
Unity in the Community 2.0 Committee Member

Judy Gold has never been shy about who she is—or where she comes from. A proud Jewish comedian with a razor-sharp wit, she has spent decades turning family and faith into her brand of fearless comedy. 

Gold has a long list of cred…

Yom HaShoah commemoration to spotlight Torah scrolls that survived Nazis

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor 

The Lehigh Valley’s commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, on Monday, April 13, will feature a unique story of survival—the survival of Torah scrolls in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Lois Roman of the Memorial Scrolls Trust will tell the story o…

Miss Israel 2021, an IDF Gaza vet, to share her story at women's event

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Miss Israel is how most people knew Noa Cochva. The Miss Universe Pageant crowned her with that title in 2021. She spent the next couple of years traveling the world, seeing exotic places, making friends, and building a promising modeling career. 

Then Hamas attac…

1st Maimonides Society in America celebrates 40th year

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Dr. Larry Levitt is one of the people you think of when you think of the Jewish Federation’s Maimonides Society of healthcare professionals. He was there at the very start—which happens to be 40 years ago this year. 

“I’m proud to have been involved in the…

Advocate inspires Valley women to speak out for Israel and Jews

 

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Social media influencer and advocate Shai Albrecht offered a challenge to the dozens of women gathered at Temple Beth El on February 3 eager to take their advocacy for Israel and the Jewish community to the next level. 

“In this time,” she told the audienc…