Community Review

Haverim Society Awards 2022 Grants

By Adam Grobman

Harrisburg Haverim Society has distributed more than $3500 to four Jewish community organizations through its 2022 grant process.

The giving society, which engages former members of the Harrisburg Jewish community who have moved to other areas of the country and the world, …

CEO Letter 5.20.22

By Jenn Ross

One of the components of the 2022 Jewish Council for Public Affairs Conference was the screening of a powerful documentary, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America.  Former ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson’s groundbreaking talk on the history of U.S. anti-Bla…

Senior Update 5.6.22

By Roberta Krieger

Hopefully a good holiday was had by all. It was a time of joint celebration: Easter, Passover, and Ramadan.

By the time you receive this issue of the Community Review, the first week of the month of May will be over and we will be ready to start (if haven’t already) g…

HARRIET PARNES

Harriet Parnes, 89, of Atlanta passed away, Thursday, March 11, at St. Joseph’s Emory Hospital, with her family by her side. She was born in Bronx, New York on July 14, 1932, to the late Israel and Sarah Abramowitz. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother Sheldo…

VICTOR S. MORRISON

Dr. Victor S. Morrison, 94 passed away peacefully on April 1, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida.

He was born on December 28, 1927, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Helen and Hyman Morrison.

Victor attended Pennsylvania  College of  Optometry, before graduating William Penn High School, making him…