Community

An Agency Meeting the Needs of Longtime and New Community Members

By Steven Schauder, Executive Director, Jewish Family Service

 

I want to share a story with you---three weeks ago, we received an email to our general email mailbox from a community member asking for our help.

He had spent more than thirty years working for the US government, with nume…

MLK Day and Tu Bishvat Programming Plant Important Seeds

By Adam Grobman

Ahead of Tu Bishvat and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community organizations came together to recognize both holidays and learn more about celebrating the two in parallel.

In an online event on Sunday, January 16th, more than fifty community members learned about environment…

Mensch - A Person of Integrity and Honor: The Brenner Family Legacy

By Kim Kupfer

Sam F. Brenner, of The Brenner Family Of Dealerships, grew up with a Mensch of a father.

Sam’s dad, Michael A. Brenner, led by example. He was selflessly generous with other’s needs, his time, thoughts, and all conversations. Besides being a successful leader and business…

Campus of the Jewish Home to be Sold

Campus of the Jewish Home to be Sold, and New Fund Established to Assist Elderly Throughout Local Jewish Community

 

 

The Board of the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg has asked the Jewish Federation to distribute the following letter on its behalf.

Dear Community,

With a mix of …

Brenner Family ELC Meets the Mark with "Star 4" Rating

By Adam Grobman


The Brenner Family Early Learning Center at the Harrisburg JCC has been re-certified as a STAR 4 learning center through Keystone STARS, a program of Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning.

The STARS (Standards, Training/Professional Development, A…