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Sep 22, 2016

Two Past HAKOL Editors Reflect on Changes and Community

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor
 
Editor’s note: The following serves as Part 2 of a story in the September issue about the history of HAKOL.
 
The HAKOL you hold in your hands (or read on the web) has come a long way from the eight-page, Allentown-focused, non-advertising paper that …

Sep 22, 2016

Pen Pals Stay Connected ‘Under the Same Moon’

By Stephanie Bolmer
 
For three years now, kids in the Lehigh Valley and Yoav have been learning about how they all live ‘Under the Same Moon.’ That’s the title of the book that second and third graders from religious schools in the Lehigh Valley and third graders from Haela School …

Sep 12, 2016

Muhlenberg Researchers Return to Discuss Local 'Women of Valor'

Join Gail Eisenberg and Sue Clemens for a return engagement at the Women’s Division Lunch & Learn podium as they present “Women of Valor” at the JCC on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 12 p.m. 

They will be presenting their continued research on the Jewish families who led the textile industry…

Aug 26, 2016

HAKOL Surpasses Founders' Goals Upon 40th Anniversary

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor

“It’s new; it’s news …  and invites your views” greeted readers of the first issue of HAKOL in September/October 1976. 

Initially published by the Jewish Federation of Allentown before the merger of the three Lehigh Valley Federations, HAKOL serve…

Aug 26, 2016

Grinspoon Foundation selects Jewish Federation as a LIFE & LEGACY partner

The Lehigh Valley has been selected to participate in the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY program as one of only 37 Jewish communities from across North America.

“The Harold Grinspoon Foundation is very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley…