Community Review

CEO Letter 9.10.21

By Jenn Ross

 

Our community is known for being welcoming and warm to all. Still, we can always collectively open our arms a little wider.

Earlier this year, our Jewish agencies and synagogues launched our new community diversity initiative, Kulanu, with our kickoff program exploring how…

A Tribute Long Overdue (Part 2)

By Felix Thau

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part story detailing historical accounts and personal history of Nadia Frey during the Holocaust. Part 1 appeared in the previous Community Review issue; Part 1 provides a historical perspective of pertinent Holocaust events with which N…

For the Sake of Heaven

By Rabbi Ron Muroff, Chisuk Emuna Congregation

Not long after last Yom Kippur, we faced a bitterly contested election, which was followed by angry protests and false allegations regarding its results, culminating in the brutal assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.

The Spring was mark…

JOHANNA GARFIELD

Johanna Garfield, age 90, of New York, New York passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021.

Beloved wife of Leslie. Dear mother of Clare, Jed (Karen), and Cory. Adoring grandmother of Clay and Charlie, the grandchildren she always longed for.

Jo loved theater, art, and classical music. She wa…

ARTHUR KRIEG

Arthur Frederick Krieg, 90, of Hershey, died of COVID on July 30, 2021. He was born in 1930 to the late Edwin and Helen Krieg of Ridgewood, NJ.

Arthur graduated with honors from Yale University and Tufts Medical School. He served in Alaska with the Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis.…