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Jul 21, 2023

Trexler Middle Schoolers pack 'Holocaust suitcases' in tribute to victims

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

One suitcase had a small stuffed horse in it. Another had a toy red 1930s car. One a paintbrush and paint-smeared palette. All of the several pieces of luggage lined up in a row and opened up had handwritten letters and old photos in them.

Eighth-graders a…

Jul 21, 2023

IronPigs sellout! Community fills its section of stands on heritage night

By Carl Zebrowski
Editor of Hakol

It’s only one night a year that you can go to a professional baseball game in the Lehigh Valley and hear the Israeli national anthem sung before the first pitch and eat a kosher hot dog. That’s Jewish Heritage Night at the IronPigs, and on June 13, the …

Jun 5, 2023

Federation to present annual awards and celebrate the past year

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley will present its annual awards and vote on nominees for its board of directors at its Community Celebration and Annual Meeting on June 8.
 
The event to celebrate the award winners, leaders and volunteers begins at 6 p.m. with an Israeli-style pi…

Jun 5, 2023

Lions launch Lion Behind the Pin program at luncheon

By Dr. Carol Bub Fromer
Lion of Judah
   
It was 1970, in Miami, when Norma Kipnis-Wilson z”l envisioned a path for elevating women’s significant leadership in the field of collective philanthropy. She strongly believed in creating an avenue and opportunity for women “to make sign…

Jun 5, 2023

Laurie Wax is the new president of Women’s Philanthropy

Laurie Wax has been appointed as the next President of the Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, succeeding Beth Kushnick. Wax has been actively involved in Women’s Philanthropy and served on its board. She expressed her desire to continue the work of involv…