Expert to brief Federation's major donors on Israel's high-tech defenses

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Gideon Weiss, vice president of international business development at Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems,  will bring decades of experience working with Israel’s defense with him when he comes to the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, October 12, to talk to the m…

80 gather at Grange Park for 1st Young Leadership event

The inaugural event of the new Young Leadership of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley was a hit. Eighty adults and kids came out to Grange Park in Upper Macungie for a picnic that included Federation-provided drinks and desserts, and all sorts of activities for kids.

Some adults tal…

Author to raise tough questions on antisemitism at Lions and Poms event

Award-winning author Liza Wiemer will give Lions and Pomegranates a lot to think about with the portrait of modern antisemitism that she’ll present at the first Lion of Judah and Pomegranate event of the Jewish Federation’s 2024 Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs.

The enlightening, intera…

New task force will help older adults age at home

By Rabbi Allen Juda
Chair of the Older Adults Task Force
   
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once wrote, “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”

We are fortunate to have many caring members of the Lehigh Valley …

Lehigh Valley community's Bob Grey voted chair of World ORT

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

Robert Grey has been elected as the new chair of World ORT, making him the chief lay leader of this global education network guided by Jewish values.

Grey, an honorary board member of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, has been with World ORT sinc…