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Oct 1, 2020

Dance with Alicia: Popular Fitness Class Bounces Back to JCC

By Adam Grobman

Pam Suter has been a member of the Harrisburg JCC for over twenty years.

“I’ve been with the JCC through a lot of difficulties, including the flood in 2011,” she says. She adds that in terms of difficulty, “this pandemic beats the flood, hands down.”

So when she …

Oct 1, 2020

Shofar Blower Traces Love of the Tradition to Rosh Hashanah in Harrisburg

By Mary Klaus

Molly May’s fascination with the shofar began when she was a little girl and heard it at a Rosh Hashanah service at Beth El Temple.

She thought it sounded “pretty cool,” especially when some of the men in the congregation were competitive about blowing the longest tekia…

Oct 1, 2020

One People, One Heart

By Ayelet Friedman

Ayelet Friedman is a 15-year-old writer and is the granddaughter of Harrisburg community members Norman and Cheryl Gras. This piece won first place in the Young Writers category of the May 2020 Journey Writing Contest, presented by The Associated: Jewish Federation of Ba…

Oct 1, 2020

Kristallnacht Commemoration To Take Place Onlie

By Lillian Rappaport

The entire community is invited to join with us on Thursday evening, October 29 from 5:30-6:30pm as we observe the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, an event that marked the beginning of the end for European Jewry. 

We will be joining a vir…

Oct 1, 2020

Yom Kippur: A Time to Forgive Others and Ourselves

By Mary Klaus

Yom Kippur is considered the holiest day of the Jewish year. It’s also one of the most challenging.

The Day of Atonement is a time to do more than fast, pray, and attend services, apologize to G-d for wrongs committed, and ask forgiveness. It’s also a time for Jews to go …