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Mar 18, 2020

2020 Ben Cherry Inspirational Athlete Award Winners Announced

 

by Terri Travers

Everybody can use added inspiration in life.  One only needs to look around the Harrisburg JCC to find people who help to provide inspiration and motivation to keep them going beyond perceived limitations.  The inspirational athlete award named after Ben Cherry (z’l…

Mar 18, 2020

Senior Update 2.28.2020

by Roberta Krieger

I was seriously trying to make the deadline for this issue of the Community Review to extol the virtues of Cheryl Yablon, our most loved and seriously missed, Senior Advisor.  However, this was not an easy task to accomplish.  I, along with at least one dozen other seni…

Jan 8, 2020

Jerry Rogoff Spent Decades on Water with Coast Guard Auxiliary

by Adam Grobman

For nearly his entire life, Jerry Rogoff has been somewhat of a “fish out of water.” A 1987 profile of Jerry, then Vice President of the JCC, mentions that his friends referred to him as the “Best Jewish Fisherman.”

Jerry and his wife, Rena, first came to Harrisburg…

Jan 8, 2020

A Living Sukkah: ELC Students Learn, Feel, and Taste the Holidays

by Jodie Raffensperger

One of the great things about running the children's garden at the Brenner Family Early Learning Center is the opportunity to truly celebrate the agricultural cycle which our holidays are based upon.  We get to feel the rhythm of the earth, and grow the things that p…

Jan 8, 2020

Sababa Students Build Sukkah at Jewish Group Home

On October 6th, Sababa students helped build the Rosen Sukkah at the Jewish Group Home on the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg’s campus.

The group was led by Rabbi Ron Muroff with assistance from Norman Gras. The Jewish Group Homes are a joint project of Jewish Family Service and K…