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Jan 8, 2020

A Living Sukkah: ELC Students Learn, Feel, and Taste the Holidays

by Jodie Raffensperger

One of the great things about running the children's garden at the Brenner Family Early Learning Center is the opportunity to truly celebrate the agricultural cycle which our holidays are based upon.  We get to feel the rhythm of the earth, and grow the things that p…

Jan 8, 2020

Kol Nidrei Sermon

by Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon

I’d like to tell you an Etgar Keret story.

 

Keret is a famous Israeli writer, born to Holocaust survivors, and a very decorated artist. His story, Only Through Death Will You Learn Your True Identity, is about a boy named A who is …

Jan 8, 2020

Israel National Baseball Team Qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics

In September, Israel’s National Baseball team became the first to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Israel qualified by winning the Africa/Europe Qualifying Event, in which they had a record of 4 – 1 and defeated teams from Spain, Netherlands, Italy, and South A…

Jan 8, 2020

CEO Letter - 10.25.19

by Jenn Ross

There are seemingly endless problems to solve in our community and the world. It feels less hopeless when there are strong partnerships.

 

JFS’s Executive Director Barry Stein and I have been talking at length about ways to help deal with those struggling directly or indir…

Jan 8, 2020

Sababa Students Build Sukkah at Jewish Group Home

On October 6th, Sababa students helped build the Rosen Sukkah at the Jewish Group Home on the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg’s campus.

The group was led by Rabbi Ron Muroff with assistance from Norman Gras. The Jewish Group Homes are a joint project of Jewish Family Service and K…