As JFS prepares to honor Debbie Zoller, she looks back at her tenure

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor 

Debbie Zoller joined the Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley as executive director in December 2012. The JFS Community Food Pantry at the time has been famously described as two shelves and a cabinet. Today it serves 253 people. 

That’s quite a growth s…

Allentown's Edna Brill foiled Nazis as a kid. A new book tells her story

By Janet Bond Brill
Author of “Little Edna’s War”

Edna Brill was a beloved fixture of Allentown’s Jewish community for almost 60 years. Moving here in 1966 with her husband, Harry, and their two young sons, Sam and Eli, and becoming members of Congregation Sons of Israel and later C…

Local producer bringing in original Annie, other stars for Broadway salute

By Gia Jones

The magic of Broadway is headed to the Lehigh Valley this spring with “Unity in the Community 2.0: Broadway Celebrates the Lehigh Valley,” a star-studded evening of performance, inspiration, and community connection on Thursday, May 28, at Muhlenberg College’s Empie Theat…

Hostages tribute highlights Super Sunday of unity, giving

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Super Sunday in the Lehigh Valley began on February 1 with a message of relief and hope. “Today we can finally say the words we’ve been waiting for: All of the hostages are home,” announced Tama Tamarkin, co-chair of the local Run for Their Lives weekly walk-r…

‘Only Israel is not allowed to win wars,’ expert tells us

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The rules that the rest of the world operates by don’t always apply to Israel. 

Israel was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and they took hostages back to Gaza, yet after Israel responded, international focus turned quickly from Hamas’s atrocit…