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Doctor with Local Roots Says “Stay Positive” in the Midst of COVID-19

By Mary Klaus

Originally published 2/12/21

          Dr. Josh Glick sees the glass as half full.

          Glick, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, has been dealing with …

Michael Brenner’s Drive For Success Marked with Quiet Generosity

When Michael Brenner was a young man, he learned the ins and outs of running his family automotive business.

Years later, he and his younger brother, Eddie, became the third generation of the family to do so.  They ran Brenner Family of Dealerships together for years until Eddie’s untime…

Film Festival Opens With Celebration Of Civil Rights Era Cooperation

By Julie Sherman

While Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the face of the '60s Civil Rights era, less remembered are the Jewish leaders who backed his efforts at racial equality and harmony, who walked with him in Selma, who spoke with him at the March on Washington, and who even presided over…

Artist Residency Program Returns to JCC in 2021

By Cheryl Yablon

The last four years, the JCC Senior Adult Club participated in an “Artist Residency Program.”  The first year (2017) the program was facilitated by Jump Street, Arts in Education.  Jump Street worked in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to place pr…

Escape Your Winter Doldrums With An Early Film Festival Season!

By Julie Sherman

 

The Edward S. Finkelstein Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival has brought its May 2021 season forward, in the hopes of brightening up the dreary months of winter for our community.

It will be our second, and - vaccine-willing - our last fully virtual outing, which will beg…