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Statement on Ongoing Violence in Israel

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is extremely concerned with the wave of violent terrorist attacks that has struck the State of Israel in the last few months. Just this week, and while Vice President Joseph Biden was in Israel to speak about peace and security, terrorists struck in…

JFLV Cheers Historic Decision of Permanent Egalitarian Prayer Space at Wall

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley joins with Federations across North America to applaud Israel's historic decision to create a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. The Cabinet's approval Sunday of the new space is a dramatic, unprecedented and critical acknowledg…

A Statement Against Intolerance

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is appalled by the increasingly intolerant and inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric that is currently pulsing through American society. Our nation is rooted in principles of religious freedom and religious and racial tolerance. Respect for diversity is…

How We Stand Before God: A Lehigh Valley Jew in Jerusalem

By Noah Diamondstein

I am leading Shabbat morning prayers this Saturday at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform Jewish seminary at which I am a rabbinic student. I sat just two days ago with a cantor and a rabbi on our faculty discussing the theme of the service I…

Statement on the Iran Nuclear Agreement

Today, the United States alongside its P5+1 partners announced an unprecedented deal to address the challenging and complex issue of the Iranian nuclear threat. The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley looks forward to learning more concrete details about the accord in the coming weeks as …