A. Phyllis Cohen, 92, of 1050 E. Water St. Lock Haven, passed way June 6, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Lock Haven Aug. 22, 1928 to the late Marty and Edith Zimmerman Shampansky.
Phyllis was a graduate of Lock Haven High School and had worked as an accountant for PennDOT for a num…
Lydia Berman (nee Kellman), of Baltimore, MD, passed away on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 at the age of 87. She is survived by her children, Ronnie (Estelle) Berman, Larry Berman (Angela Dotson), her daughter-in-law, Ann Berman, her brother, Yale (Pat) Kellman, grandchildren, Shlomo (Adina) Berm…
By Mary Klaus
An old menorah found in a Virginia attic and nearly thrown away has a new home with a recently Bar Mitzvah.
C.J. Schneier, who became a Bar Mitzvah at Chisuk Emuna in May, received the gift from Matt McGuire, a Catholic man new to the area.
McGuire, who in November moved wit…
By Mary Klaus and Adam Grobman
Not many people know more about baseball than Andy Linker.
The longtime beat writer and chronicler of the Harrisburg Senators has written four books on the subject and has been watching the sport since he began attending games with his cousins in the 1960s.
…By Rebecca Caspi, Director General, JFNA Israel Office
Originally published in the El Paso Jewish Voice
Whenever he called me from the United States, my uncle asked the same question, “Do you think you’re going to stay in Israel?”
As the decades passed, the question turned more and …
