Lehigh Valley leader to join national women’s board

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Community Development and Operations
 
After decades of involvement with the Jewish Federation at the local level, Carol Bub Fromer has been invited and will be joining the Jewish Federations of North America’s National Women’s Philanthropy Board…

Women’s Spring Event focuses on finding balance in the age of social media

By Stephanie Goodling
HAKOL Editor

On May 6, Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley welcomed Jessica Abo to its annual Spring Event to talk about her book “Unfiltered: How to Be as Happy as You Look on Social Media.”

President of Women’s Philanthropy Car…

Freestyle mission to Israel in the works for older adults

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Community Development and Operations

A few months after moving to Allentown in 2019, Phil and Ruth Michel were inspired by their first JCC film event and were already off to Israel.

It was the first trip there for the semi-retiree, and it “blew a…

Maimonides Brunch@Home to cover how Israel navigated pandemic

How did Israel go from their third lockdown to not requiring masks in public in less than five months? Israel is being celebrated as the world’s most vaccinated nation, with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reporting that over 50% of their civilians have gotten their shots. But how did they g…

Lehigh Valley set to ‘graduate’ from LIFE & LEGACY

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Community Development & Operations

The Lehigh Valley will be honored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation on May 27 for completing four years in the LIFE & LEGACY program.

The ceremony will take place as part of Grinspoon’s 2021 Virtual Legacy Gathe…