By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing
The mitzvot were plentiful on Jan. 31 as volunteers gathered at the JCC and Cedarbrook Nursing Home for the Federation’s annual Super Sunday and Community Mitzvah Day.
More than 100 volunteers, from Hillel students to retirees, made call…
By Rabbi David Wilensky
Congregation Sons of Israel
On Feb. 12 and 13, our community will experience a celebration of unity that is infrequently experienced today in Jewish communities throughout the world. All of the Lehigh Valley synagogues-- Temple Beth El, Congregation Keneseth Israe…
By Laura Rigge
HAKOL Editor
It is with great sadness that we mourn the recent passing of Stanley H. Wax, a distinguished Lehigh Valley Jewish community leader and honorary vice president and past president of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Wax h…
By Stephanie Smartschan
JFLV Director of Marketing
There are two things that make Ilene Ringold’s favorite hamentashen recipe extra special – the orange juice and the memories.
Ringold vividly remembers helping her young children roll out the dough and pinch the corners during Purim ac…
By Jason and Andrew Fine
Special to HAKOL
The 13th Pan American Maccabi Games were held from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Santiago, Chile. Over 3,000 athletes from all around the world, including 400 from the U.S., headed to Santiago to participate in 17 different sports. We were among those athlet…
