New president, new year, new chapter for the federation

By Robby Wax
President

Leading up to the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Community Celebration and Annual Meeting on June 9, 2022, I spent considerable time pondering the start of my presidency of the Federation. Over the past few years, immediate past president Gary Fromer and I hav…

Shaliach shared his personal Israel with the Lehigh Valley

By Carl Zebrowski
Hakol Editor

Gavriel Siman-Tov was walking down the hall in the Jewish Community Center, covered in paints from a JCC summer camp activity.

It was a few weeks before his time as shaliach (Israeli emissary) to the Lehigh Valley would come to an end. JCC summer camp — one…

New president hopes to make Maimonides Society younger

By Carl Zebrowski
Hakol Editor

The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of Lehigh Valley is set to grow. “My main goal is to broaden the appeal of Maimonides for younger healthcare providers,” said Dr. Zachariah Goldsmith, new president of the society of Jewish healthcare profess…

Israel EMT saves lives racing to scenes on a Lehigh Valley ambucycle

Yonatan Aouat is a first responder who rides the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s new ambucycle No. 1283 for United Hatzalah in Israel. The Federation’s Maimonides Society healthcare professionals recently purchased the ambucycle for United Hatzalah emergency medical service in m…

Jewish Federation presents awards, elects new leaders