by Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
“I’m sorry.” I hear the words drop out of me like rain from the sky. I don’t want to say them. Words of apology don’t come easy to me. Sometimes, when I say them, I don’t feel their weight when they roll off my lips. I just s…
By Roberta Krieger
It’s been a long time (much too long) since I have made an attempt to let you know how we, the seniors, have been doing in times of COVID...
Some of you have been joining us on our Zoom adventures as part of our Senior "check-in" programs on Tuesday (zoom meeting numbe…
By Mary Klaus
Most years, area Jews mark the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with long services in synagogues filled with the largest crowds of the year,
Not this year.
As the Jewish calendar turns to 5781 at sunset on September 18th, Jews will experience reconfigured obser…
Hundreds of supporters from across the community gathered on Wednesday, August 12, to show support for Kesher Israel Congregation and the Jewish community after two swastikas were painted on Kesher Israel’s building.
Harrisburg Rabbis Elisha Friedman, Ron Muroff, and Peter Kessler al…
On Monday, August 10, two swastikas were discovered on the Kesher Israel Congregation building at 2500 North Third Street.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg and its Community Relations Council condemn in the strongest possible terms the desecration of the Kesher Israel synagog…
