Daughter-in-law bringing Edna Brill's story of Holocaust heroism to LV

Dr. Janet Bond Brill expects two kinds of people to be at the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s Women’s Philanthropy Lion of Judah and Pomegranate special event on October 29: those who hugged her mother-in-law, Edna Brill z”l, at the synagogue and danced with her at a hundred communi…

NextGen Pool Party moves indoors, but still a splash

By Billy Thompson 
Digital Marketing Associate

You could call it a pool party. That was the original plan, anyway. By the time the officially dubbed NextGen Pool Party began, however, you might more accurately have called it a puddle party. A storm in the hours before the Jewish Federation …

Ethiopian Israeli teen thanks Federation-funded agency for its help

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Not long ago, Barel Desta hardly cared about homework and tests and classes. “I wasn’t doing bad in school,” said the 17-year-old Ethiopian Jewish Israeli, “but I wasn’t doing great.” 

In an August meeting with Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley staff, Desta, i…

Israel Scouts sing, dance, and inspire hope at JCC

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The unmistakable clamor of kids waiting impatiently for something exciting to happen spilled out of the JCC’s Kline Auditorium on the morning of August 12. The stage inside was decorated and lit up, and Camp JCC kids filled the seats and the floor in front of the st…

Pulitzer pundit to bring insight on Israel, Jewish America to Lehigh Valley

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley will officially launch its 2027 Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs with an invitation-only Major Gifts Reception with a  community-wide presentation to follow featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Bret Stephens on Thursd…