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Oct 29, 2026

Biographer visits to tell of Allentown mother-in-law who duped Nazis at 7

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor
 
Who knew that Allentown’s glamorous grandmom Edna Brill z”l risked her life as a young kid to smuggle food past Nazi guards to Jews starving in the Warsaw Ghetto and carry sensitive messages to and from the Polish resistance? Until recently, it turns out, almos…

Oct 29, 2026

"Humans of October 7th" photographer focuses on P2G for new exhibit in JCC

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor
 
If you left Pennsylvania to fly to the opposite side of the globe, you’d get halfway there before your plane passed over Yoav, Israel. Taking off from Newark on a direct flight to Israel, you’d be in the air about 10 hours before touching down in Tel Aviv. But …

Oct 29, 2026

Make a will, lawyer advises, and remember Jewish causes

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor
 
A will isn’t only about what should happen with your money and possessions after you’re gone. It’s also about making sure you leave behind the legacy of your choosing rather than leaving a door open for a court to determine the distribution of your estate, possi…

Oct 29, 2026

Community gathers for 10/7 memorial and film screening

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor
 
It was inspiring to see the long line of college kids walking through the door of the JCC on October 7. 
 
Each year on the anniversary of the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley organizes a commemoration to unite the comm…

Oct 2, 2026

NYT pundit tells crowd Jews share blame for declining clout but can fix it

By Carl Zebrowski 
Editor

Set a realistic goal, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens told a Jewish community audience at Muhlenberg College on September 17. In your personal effort to help strengthen the Jewish community heading into the future, he said, if you shoo…