By Mary Klaus
There’s nothing silly about celebrating the salvation of the Jewish people from Haman, an evil prime minister who planned to kill them.
Yet the Jewish Community Center’s annual Community Purim Carnival featured nearly 200 local Jews of all ages dressing up as popular figu…
March of the Living, an annual Holocaust education program that takes students from around the world, including Harrisburg to Poland and Israel, has been postponed due to global spread of coronavirus, organizers said on March 8.
This year’s March was to take place on April 21. Each year, …
As COVID-19 continues to spread, everyone's physical and spiritual well-being remain our top communal priority. Each of our organizations is working to ensure that we implement reasonable and appropriate precautions in accordance with the recommendations of experts. We all want to be sen…
by Jenn Ross
I wish I could focus my attention on this edition’s theme of Jewish food since it is a pleasure to write about, and since much of our culture and community is built around a dining room table. However, a more critical topic has been impacting the world and much will likely …
By Mary Klaus
Some Jews chant the Megillah. Others read it in a singsong voice.
A group of fun-loving Temple Ohev Sholom members crooned it, sang it, and even danced it in a style that would have been right at home at Elvis Presley’s Graceland, but seemed boldly unusual and wonderfully h…
