Competition Heats Up for Second Round of Latke-Vodka

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

Four new teams will take on returning champions “50 Shades of Latke” at this year’s second annual Latke-Vodka Hanukkah Cook-Off.

Like at last year’s sold-out event, teams will compete to make their best version of a traditional pot…

Converted Son of a Nazi Shares Story with Federation Major Donors

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

When Bernd Wollschlaeger’s son was about 14 years old, he asked him a simple question.

“Dad, who was my grandfather?”

“I had to tell him these two extremes in my life,” said Wollschlaeger, speaking at the Jewish Federation of th…

Brith Sholom to Host Social Justice Weekend

Congregation Brith Sholom will bring the Bethlehem community together this November for a weekend focused on social justice. Topics addressed will include poverty and food insecurity.

On Friday, Nov. 9, the Rev. Dr. Peter Pettit, director of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding …

Donor Offers Matching Gifts to Support JDS

By Amy Golding
Jewish Day School

The mitzvah of supporting a Jewish school can take many forms: tzedakah, volunteering, attending school events and helping families learn about the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley. All of these mitzvot are special. They make the education of our child…

For Jews Coping with Hurricane Florence, High Holiday Themes Resonate

By Ben Sales 
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
and Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

When Rabbi Emily Losben-Ostrov took her North Carolina congregation, Temple of Israel of Wilmington, on a Rosh Hashanah boat ride on the Cape Fear River – before the storm – she hadn’t intende…