Jewish Family Serivce is proud to announce the winners of its 2022 annual scholarships. Toby Lader and Rachel Marcus were awarded this year’s Martin Philip Memorial Scholarship, and Ori Bach and Alex Forgosh, the Gaines Family Foundation Prize in Engineering. The Martin Philip award is $1,000 to put toward post-secondary educational expenses. It is given […]
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Debbie Zoller received the Mark L. Goldstein Award for Jewish community professionals at the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Community Celebration and Annual Meeting on June 9. Since taking over as executive director of Jewish Family Service in late 2012, she has initiated new programs, like Mazel Meals, and expanded existing programs to reach
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Rabbi Allen Juda has been President of the Jewish Family Service Board of Directors since 2017, more years than any other President since I arrived at JFS in 2012. To encapsulate the whole story of what Rabbi Juda’s service has meant to JFS, and what his leadership has meant to me personally, is an honor. A
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By Amanda Thomas, Ph.D. Accessibility and Inclusion Coordinator “Diversity is having a seat at the table, Inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.” – Liz Fosslein To continue the conversation on disability and inclusion from the JDAIM Virtual Town Hall, Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley created the
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On Sunday, May 1, a small group of Jewish Family Service volunteers was joined by representatives of Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley and a cohort of enthusiastic visitors from Yoav, Israel, at the Mount Sinai Cemetery in Allentown. As Rabbi Allen Juda explained, this section of the Fairview Cemetery is not maintained by any
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