60 Day Challenge is a chance to re-engage and support Jewish community

The 60 Day Challenge is back and off to a great start! The two months of activities are aimed to re-engage, re-connect, and re-imagine with the Lehigh Valley Jewish community. Several events already took place in January, and more are slated for this month and next. Join us on Feb. 8 with th…

Celebrity Chefs series brings a new flavor during the 60 Day Challenge

By Amy Zylberman
JFLV Director of Community Development

The Jewish Federation is cooking up something exciting for the 60 Day Challenge, so make a plan to meet us weekly in the kitchen during our Celebrity Chefs series launching Wednesday, Feb. 16 and ending Wednesday, March 2. All classes …

Planting the seeds of connection with 10xChai

By Amy Zylberman
JFLV Director of Community Development

A new level of giving is creating opportunities to help the Federation bloom. Join Women’s Philanthropy’s 10xChai’s first event, “Planting the Seeds of Connection,” on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. over Zoom. Attendees will have …

This year’s Camp JCC summer shlicha is a familiar face

By Stephanie Goodling
HAKOL Editor

Five years ago, Shani Kalmanovich spent the summer in the Lehigh Valley as one of the four Israel teen counselors who traditionally help “bring Israel” to Camp JCC each year. Now, she is newly graduated from the army and teaching and studying while loo…

JDS Head of School chosen for Mandel Institute leadership program

Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley Head of School Amy Golding is thrilled to have been chosen as the only head of school for the first cohort of the Mandel Institute for Nonprofit Leadership’s Educational Leadership Program. The program empowers Jewish educational leaders from a range …