Major donor reception kicks off new campaign year

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

The location of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s major donor reception was familiar to most of those in attendance on the evening of September 21.

Participants gathered in this lushly green backyard in Westwood Heights for the start of the Fe…

Local Holocaust survivor turns 100

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

It’s not every day that a Holocaust survivor turns 100. It’s only rarer in the Lehigh Valley.

Ruth Saalfeld, a resident of the Heather Glen Senior Living in the Allentown area, celebrated her centennial birthday on September 9. The surprise party drew …

Our new shlicha has arrived. What’s her story?

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

Eynav Dahan arrived in Allentown from Israel in the first part of September. The new slicha (Israeli emissary) to the Lehigh Valley is now getting to know the area and figuring out specifically what she’ll be doing for the Jewish community.

“I didn’t…

Women’s Philanthropy learns about the science of friendship

By Charlene Riegger
Director of Marketing

Almost 40 women participated in the Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Zoom event examining the science of friendship on September 22.

Lydia Denworth talked on the subject of her 2021 book Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordi…

Pinemere Camp celebrates 80 years and honors Robby Wax and Marty Black

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

More than 300 alumni of Pinemere Camp turned out at the lakeside grounds in Stroudsburg over the weekend of September 9-11 to celebrate the camp’s 80th anniversary. They represented every era of the camp’s history back to the sixties and participated in…