Community Review

A Campaign for Community and Viability

Shalom Friends, I want to thank you and the Jewish Federation for giving me the opportunity to serve as Campaign Chair for the last two years. Giving back to the Jewish community has always been instilled in me since I was a child. My father served for many years and it is a calling for…

CEO Letter 8.2.19

Each fall, we partner with our neighbors from York to do important programming through the Community Relations Council Israel Speaker Series. This November, we are taking a bit of a different approach with our event on Sunday, November 24 at the Harrisburg JCC.

Senior Update 8.2.19

The month of July started off, NOT with a bang, but with Resonator Bells. Read more about Senior Adult Club programs from the first half of July 2019!

Mourner’s Kaddish for a Business

“I remember when at least half, if not two-thirds, of Main Street were Jewish businesses,” says Stu Perlmutter, who closed his Lebanon-based furniture store, Harold's, in Summer 2019.

Drink to Every Beast: Burcat Quenches Thirst for Environmental Thriller

Joel Burcat could be considered a homebody.

For decades, he worked as a lawyer specializing in environmental law just a few miles from his Uptown Harrisburg home. He attends a synagogue in walking distance of that home. He lives a block from the Susquehanna River, the setting for his first …