By Kim Kupfer
JFS will be resettling between 25-50 refugees in our community in the coming weeks and we wanted to share information on the project and ways YOU can HELP to welcome our new neighbors. The first wave of refugees will be arriving in Harrisburg between December 24, 2021, and Feb…
By Adam Grobman
The Brenner Family Early Learning Center was the first in-person program to resume in Summer 2020, after the full shutdown of the JCC building in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, it is still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
“We have a waiting list …
By Adam Grobman
When Mark Lewin puts his mind to something, he usually gets it done.
That resolve was inspiration for an unusual, longtime goal that the metalworker and airline pilot had visualized.
“I always wanted to create a large menorah in steel,” he says. “Steel symbolizes the…
The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg condemn in the strongest possible terms the acts of antisemitic vandalism on the Dickinson Campus in Carlisle and in Penn Square in Lancaster. We stand in solidarity with our friends and neighbors in Carlisle and Lancaster. We support tolerance…
By Adam Grobman
Following the collapse of the Afghan government, the United States is poised to begin the largest resettlement on American soil in history – and Jewish Harrisburg is a part of it.
Beginning next month, Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg will be welcoming refugee …
