The following statement was originally released on October 2, 2020.
Harrisburg United, an open coalition of Harrisburg region civic, labor, religious, and community organizations, is saddened and...
By Roberta Krieger
It’s been a long time (much too long) since I have made an attempt to let you know how we, the seniors, have been doing in times of COVID...
Some of you have been joining us ...
By Mary Klaus
Molly May’s fascination with the shofar began when she was a little girl and heard it at a Rosh Hashanah service at Beth El Temple.
She thought it sounded “pretty cool,” espec...
By Mary Klaus
Most years, area Jews mark the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with long services in synagogues filled with the largest crowds of the year,
Not this year.
As the Jew...
By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel Lebanon
Abraham Joshua Heshel, writing his book The Sabbath, presented an idea summed up as such: “It is not things that give meaning to time, but ti...
Raisha Silberman Weintraub passed away on Oct. 10, 2020 at her home in Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu, Israel. Born in Harrisburg in 1941 she was the daughter of Edna and Ben Silberman.
Raisha was prede...
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