Community News

High Schoolers Celebrate Confirmation at KI and Beth El

Eleven high school students will affirm their commitment to the Jewish faith this Shavuot as they lead services for their confirmations at Congregation Keneseth Israel and Temple Beth El.

Confirmation, according to Rabbi Seth Phillips of KI, is “a new Jewish ceremony that comes from the 1…

Community Comes Together to Remember the Jews Lost in the Holocaust

By Michelle Cohen
HAKOL Editor

The Lehigh Valley Jewish community came together on April 23 to remember the 6 million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust in a meaningful ceremony sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley and held at the Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Val…

Pigs Prepare for Kosher Night at the Ballpark

Are you ready for some baseball and a fun-filled night for the whole family?

Jewish Heritage Night at the Lehigh Valley IronPigs is back for its fourth year. This year’s game will take place on Tuesday, May 23, at 7:05 p.m.

Kosher food will be available, and attendees who purchase ticket…

LIFE & LEGACY: A Plan for the Future

Q&A with Christine Kutnick CFRE, LIFE & LEGACY community consultant at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

What is the LIFE & LEGACY program?

LIFE & LEGACY is a four-year partnership program between the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to support Jewi…

Mark Scoblionko Reflects on 3 Years as Federation President

By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing

If there’s one thing Mark H. Scoblionko has learned in his role as president of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, it’s that effecting change takes time.

“When people come together, particularly Jewish people, there are lots…