Community News

A Sweet Sunday PJ Library challah bake

By Billy Thompson
Digital Marketing Associate

There are some events that just feel like community the moment you walk in. The PJ Library and Chabad of the Lehigh Valley Challah Bake in early January was one of them.

Families gathered at Chabad that day for a hands-on, joy-filled experience…

Super Sunday! Women's Philanthropy mitzvah to highlight day of giving

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is bringing the Jewish community together again for a Super Sunday at the JCC on February 1, the weekend before the Super Bowl. But the goal here is not a sports championship. We’re gathering for a day of fun, education, …

A Chanukah Hoedown? Women's Philanthropy shakes it up for the holiday

By Charlene Riegger
Director of Marketing

Did you ever see words put together that don’t seem to fit? I don’t mean an oxymoron. The words I’m getting to aren’t exactly opposites. But reading them together makes you do a double take: Chanukah hoedown.

Chanukah evokes menorahs, dreid…

From teaching to making music to directing Yoav’s P2G

By Libat Kaminsky
Yoav Partnership2Gether Director

My name is Libat Kaminsky. I am a mother of four, an educator, and a historian whose research focuses on Black music and civil rights in the United States. I am also a singer-songwriter, creating music from a belief in the power of art, cul…

NextGen Book Club’s 1st meeting fosters lively discussion

By Bill Miner
NextGen Co-chair

The new NextGen Book Club met for the first time on December 7 to discuss the novel “The Immortalists” by Chloe Benjamin. The gathering of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley group was virtual, with most participants sitting in their homes. Several …