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Jul 19, 2022

Take us out with the crowd

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol
 
May 26 was a night of rarities at Allentown’s Coca-Cola Park. Besides the unusual concentration of Jewish spectators in the right field stands, kosher food was being served on the concourse, and the Israeli national anthem was sung over the loudspeak…

Jul 18, 2022

Review: ‘From Past to Present: A Jewish History Tour of Easton’

By Bayley Carl
Marketing and Engagement Associate
 
Jewish people have been in Northampton County for more than 300 years. Whether or not you knew that, you can likely learn a lot from the new self-guided virtual tour “From Past to Present: A Jewish History Tour of Easton.” 
 
Pr…

May 25, 2022

Jewish Federation to honor award winners and leaders

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley will honor individuals who exemplify leadership, and elect its new board and officers at its Community Celebration and Annual Meeting on June 9.
 
The event will include an end-of-year Israeli-style picnic catered by Around the Table Catering and…

May 25, 2022

Shalom, not goodbye

By Rabbi Seth Phillips
Congregation Keneseth Israel 
 
Writing a farewell column in the Lehigh Valley after only 10 years feels, well, a tad self-indulgent given the on-going service of double that and more from Rabbi Yaacov Halperin, Rabbi Moshe Re’em, and Cantor Ellen Sussman. Rabbi…

May 25, 2022

Jewish biographer of artist Sol LeWitt to speak at Allentown Art Museum

“Wall Art #793A,” which transformed the Allentown Art Museum’s Trexler Hall with its waves of vibrant color for more than three years, is being removed soon. To celebrate this creation of the groundbreaking conceptual artist Sol LeWitt once more before it’s gone, the museum is hostin…