Jewish comic asks crowd, Is any topic off limits for jokes?

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

What subjects should be off limits for jokes? War? Terrorism? Inevitably you end up at: Can you make a Holocaust joke? 

Speaking at Temple Beth El on November 5, Tel Aviv comedian and author Benji Lovitt replied yes. He told the large Jewish community audience gat…

National speaker offers audience a primer on Federation

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

You know the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, but how well do you know it, all that it does for our community and others, how it’s able to pull all that off. Have you ever felt like your grasp of the details has made you less than fully confident when talki…

Israeli photojournalist shares 10/7 images and stories at commemoration

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

It was an October 7 commemoration rather different from last year’s. This one, held on October 16, which marks the 24th of Tishrei, the Hebrew calendar date of the attack, was bittersweet. Last year there wasn’t much sweet. 

A few days before this gathering, t…

Dr. Carr discusses pancreatic cancer and Ashkenazi genes

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

 

Dr. Jacquelyn Carr got right to the point at the start of her October 19 Maimonides Society Brunch and Learn presentation on Ashkenazi Jews and pancreatic cancer. “Do Jews need to worry about pancreatic cancer?” she asked. In short, the answer is no.

The lo…

Community celebrates Life and Legacy donors and our future

TBE honors Ivan Schonfeld 

By Seth Katzman
Temple Beth El

Temple Beth El gathered for a brunch to learn about the Life and Legacy after-life-giving program and recognize its donors. The occasion was more than educational. It encouraged our commitment to our Jewish community and to ourselv…