Poms and Lions of Judah inaugurate campaign year with “First Lady of Nails”

By Amy Zylberman
JFLV Director of Community Development 

If anyone knows about going “all hands in,” it’s Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. Her passion for polish and spirit for style helped her transition the dental-supply company she co-owned, Ondontorium Products Inc. to OPI Products, seizing…

Happy 10th Birthday, PJ Library!

By Abby Trachtman
JFLV Project Coordinator

When Mark Goldstein, of blessed memory, called me into his office and told me about a program coming to the Lehigh Valley called PJ Library and asked if I’d be in charge of it, I had no idea what it was or how it would change my life.  

For 10…

Dr. Mickey Ufberg z”l to be memorialized with ambucycle on bike mission

By Stephanie Goodling
HAKOL Editor

Dr. Michael “Mickey” Ufberg, z”l, left behind a lasting legacy in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. After his passing in June, the Maimonides Society knew they wanted to do something special to honor the memory of Ufberg, who was one of the Society’s f…

Federation launches incident reporting system to fight antisemitism

By Aaron Gorodzinsky
JFLV Director of Campaign and Security Planning

Over the past year, and especially during the last conflict in Gaza, our country experienced an unprecedented rise of antisemitic incidents, both in social media and in person. The reason why we know of the sharp increase …

LIFE & LEGACY celebrates successful Year 4

The 10 organizations participating in the LIFE & LEGACY program have now concluded their fourth and final year. LIFE & LEGACY, which is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, has the goal of generating legacy gifts in the Lehigh Valley Jewish community. Although the pandemic continued…