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Jan 20, 2017

Lehigh Valley Educators Travel to Yoav to Strengthen Partnership

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor

In December 2016, four educators from the Lehigh Valley journeyed to Israel to meet and plan educational programming with their counterparts in Yoav, the Lehigh Valley’s sister region in Israel.

“The purpose [of the trip] was to discuss educational p…

Jan 20, 2017

Two Local Attendees Recall UK Jewish Learning Conference

By Rena Fraade
and Rabbi Melissa B. Simon

Imagine this. It's the second night of Chanukah and you’ve just arrived at a conference thousands of miles from home with hundreds of people you don't know. You walk into a “Communal Menorah Lighting” and enter a massive room of unfamiliar…

Dec 26, 2016

Statement on United National Security Council Resolution

The action of the United Nations Security Council on Dec. 23 in adopting its jaded resolution against Israel cannot be regarded as particularly surprising in view of its history of constantly ignoring the major problems of the region and essentially supporting the repetitive terroristic acti…

Dec 22, 2016

What is the Jewish Response to Suffering?

Now entering its sixth year, the conflict in Syria continues to take a drastic toll on the lives of the Syrian people. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, millions -- reports of over 10 million -- displaced.

In Aleppo the reports of crimes against humanity have taken the suffering to a …

Dec 15, 2016

Lehigh Valley Love Story Turns to Multinational Israeli Wedding

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor

When Meidan Keidar first arrived in the Lehigh Valley as a shlicha in 2011, she knew she would be meeting teachers, rabbis and other influential members of the Jewish community – but she had no idea that she would be meeting her future husband and spa…