Community Review

Finding God In the Fog of War

By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel (Lebanon)

On average, I receive about two or three calls a week from people seeking answers.

“Rabbi!” the person on the other line cries, “With all the suffering going on around the world - where is God?”

This is a very legitimate quest…

JFS Awards Inaugural Barry Stein Student Scholarship

By Kim Kupfer

Brittany Durben started college as an engineering major, but found during her first year that engineering didn’t fit for her.  She kept being misidentified as a teaching or social work student, so she checked into those areas of study, and decided Social Work felt right. 

Federation Hosts First Official Event on Grass Campus

By Adam Grobman

On Wednesday, May 18, the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg hosted the first official community event at the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life, in celebration of Lag Ba’omer.

More than fifty people joined together on the lawn of the Grass Campus to celebrate th…

LENORE MISKIN

Lenore Janet Miskin, age 91, of Great Neck passed on Monday, April 25, 2022, just weeks shy of her May 8 birthday. Beloved daughter of Sally (Goldberger) and Sigmund A. Fox. Adored wife of 64 years to the late Howard Miskin. Loving mother of Debbie and Zachary Lobodzic, Cindi and Avrum Lapin…

CATHERINE LEO

Catherine F. Leo, 98, of Harrisburg, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg. She died peacefully during her sleep.

Catherine was the widow of Alfred Leo, who died in 1985, and is preceded in death by her four sisters, Carmella Decker, Mary Gould, Sara Bres…