By Ira Beckerman
On January 8th, in Gettysburg, State Senator Doug Mastriano announced his candidacy for the governorship of Pennsylvania. At that event, a non-Jewish man associated with Mastriano’s campaign donned a tallit, or a Jewish prayer shawl, and blew a shofar.
The shofar is a …
By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel (Lebanon)
For our ancestors who lived in Christian lands during the Middle Ages, there were few scarier moments in time than when Jewish leaders were summoned for public disputations. These were semi-regularly scheduled debates where the entire J…
By Rabbi Carl Choper, Temple Beth Shalom
On March 18, 1922, the first Bat Mitzvah ceremony in history was commemorated in the Reconstructionist synagogue in New York City. One hundred years later, on March 18, 2022, Temple Beth Shalom in Mechanicsburg will mark the centenary of that histo…
By Steve Schauder, Executive Director, Jewish Family Service
At a recent JFS Board meeting, I reminded our Board of Directors that JFS is doing so much more in addition to our Afghan refugee resettlement efforts.
We helped facilitate four adoptions in the prior week, including the adoption…
The York Jewish Community Center (York JCC) will hold its 31st Annual Jewish Food Festival on Sunday, April 3 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM at the York JCC by way of a drive-through format.
The Food Festival attracts thousands of visitors from Central Pennsylvania each year with a number of delicaci…
