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…

Federation hosts annual night of honors, thanks, hopes

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor

Maybe it was just a coincidence that the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley hosted an evening celebrating community volunteers, leaders, and donors on June 10. Or maybe not. But the previous Shabbat’s parsha, the weekly portion of the Torah read aloud in synagog…

LV mission and Yoav share remembrance, renewal in Israel

By Lee Kestecher Solomon
Director of Community 
Engagement

I had the privilege of traveling to Israel on June 14 as part of a delegation from the Lehigh Valley through our Partnership2Gether (P2G) program. We spent a meaningful week with our partners in the Yoav Regional Council, strengthen…

New Maimonides president building on 40 years of success

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor 

Dr. Houman and Lori Ahdieh had a rough time right after they moved to the Lehigh Valley in 1995 for him to work. The area was very different from what they knew, and they had no personal ties here.

“It’s hard for a younger couple to move to an area that you have n…

Quiet Commitment: The Charles and Figa Kline Foundation

Like most members of the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, the three trustees of the Charles and Figa Kline Foundation didn’t personally know the institution’s husband-and-wife founders. 

“None of us ever met Charles and Figa Kline,” said trustee Barnet Fraenkel. “My father was on this board,…