Community Review

Kosher Meals on Wheels Rolls Along Despite Virus

By Mary Klaus

COVID-19 has changed everything in the Harrisburg Jewish community from Seders to Shabbat services, from b’nai mitzvot to minyans, and how community members get their food.

Yet, the Finkelstein-Cohen Kosher Meals on Wheels program, which provides fresh and nutritious meals …

Jewish Home Shines in Protecting Residents from Covid-19

By Mary Klaus

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, states, counties, and organizations across the nation have worked to “flatten the curve.” Here in Harrisburg, The Campus of the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg has stayed ahead of the curve.

Nationally, tens of thousands of residents…

The Meatball: Publication Shares News and Culture of Area Jewish Youth

by Mary Klaus

Six years after teenager Adiv Lift lost his life in a deadly car crash, a local Jewish youth group newspaper, named after something he loved, is thriving.

The Meatball, the quarterly publication of the Harrisburg chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph, keeps the 37 members of the Harri…

CEO Letter 5.22.20

by Jenn Ross

This column is dedicated to all of the teens in our community.  Being a teenager isn’t easy even under the best of circumstances and you are also being asked to adapt to this unprecedented time.  You have forgone many experiences such as March of the Living, Maccabi Games, …

Harrisburg Native Responds to COVID

By Adam Grobman

Not everyone can afford to social distance.

So when COVID-19 became widespread, Harrisburg native Jacob Halbert sprung into action to help to better protect those at high-risk of contracting the disease.

The Michigan engineering student was on a routine business call with …