Community News

JCC Begins Garden to Teach Children Tikkun Olam and Sustainability

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor

The Early Childhood Education program at the JCC of the Lehigh Valley will be starting a community garden founded on the principles of “tikkun olam and sustainability,” said Coach Terrence Baker, recreation and fitness director at the JCC.

“We’re goin…

6 Teams to Compete in ‘March Madness’ to Raise Money for Campaign

Dedicated volunteers will go head-to-head this March to see who can raise the most money for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s 2017 Campaign for Jewish Needs. The volunteers will compete in teams and the winning team will get to allocate $1,000 to a Federation-supported agency o…

Community Brings Force on Super Sunday

The Jewish community’s Jedi Knights brought the force on Jan. 29 for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s annual Super Sunday Community Mitzvah Day.

More than 150 volunteers gathered at the Jewish Community Center and at the Atria in Bethlehem to raise money for the 2017 Campaig…

Israeli Navy Seal to Recount Hunt for Holocaust Artifacts

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing
 
One week after a chance meeting with an Israeli journalist, Shlomi Avni found himself on a plane to Italy.

Two days later, the former Israeli Navy Seal became chief of operations for a project that would span more than a decade and cr…

10 Jewish Organizations Accepted into LIFE & LEGACY

Ten Jewish organizations will together embark on an effort this spring to strengthen the future of the Lehigh Valley Jewish community through the LIFE & LEGACY™ program.
 
LIFE & LEGACY is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation that assists communities across North America in prom…