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Major Nathan Kline Saves the Day

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor    
 
Major Nathan Kline is no stranger to pressure.

The 89-year old World War II veteran and Allentown native was present for the invasion of Normandy on D-Day and witnessed the Battle of the Bulge from thousands of feet in the air. He joined the Air Force de…

72nd Annual Hadassah Concert to Feature Klezmer Band

By Beth Orenstein

Bethlehem Group of Hadassah Greater Philadelphia Chapter

The Manhattan Klezmer Band is bringing its toe-tapping, Eastern European party music imbued with Jewish tonalities and spirituality to Congregation Brith Sholom in Bethlehem at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. 


The hour-lo…

Last Living Monuments Man Comes to Lehigh Valley

By Laura Rlgge
HAKOL Editor
 
Harry Ettlinger has seen a lot in his 89 years.
 
Ettlinger was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1926. He and his family personally witnessed the rise of Hitler and the National Socialist Party, before fleeing Germany the day after Et­tlinger' s bar mi…

Knitting Club Donates Blankets and Creates Friendships

By Gwen A. Jacobs
Special to HAKOL
 
In 2006, an appeal was sent out from Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg for some comfort lap blankets for the Oncology Department. The blankets would be for the patients receiving chemotherapy infusions, who often experience chilling during treatment.  A g…

Ben-Gurion University Honors Wayne Woodman

By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor
 
To Wayne Woodman, Ben­Gurion University cannot be separated from the land where it resides. "The university and the Negev are absolutely intertwined," he said.
 
For the past 11 years, Woodman himself has also become intertwined in the catalytic relationship …