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Jan 10, 2022

Local Author’s "Torah Time Travel" Brings Kids Back to Biblical Times

By Adam Grobman

Discussion and debate are central and accepted parts of Jewish learning.

Did the angels that visited Abraham and Sarah have wings? Did the Red Sea really make a path for the Israelites leaving Egypt? You’d need a time machine to know exactly how it played out.

In his new…

Jan 10, 2022

SENIOR UPDATE 12.17.21

by Roberta Krieger                            

Writing this column presents several issues (no pun intended) for me.  For instance, only reality is those things past.  Past was in actuality in the past, no ifs, ands, or buts.  However, when I say we are excited about an up…

Dec 2, 2021

Senior Update 12.4.21

By Roberta Krieger

These past twenty months have been hard on us; illness and loss of lives due to COVID, being the most prominent of factors.  Unfortunately, too many people, myself included, have lost loved ones due to NON-COVID related reasons.  It was a bittersweet experience when I …

Oct 27, 2021

Newly-Named Harrisburg Herons Dive Into Swim Season

By Adam Grobman

In tribute to the waterfowl found along the Susquehanna River, the swim team nesting in the Harrisburg JCC is now known as the Harrisburg Herons.

Formerly known as the Sharks, the swim team welcomes grade school kids K-12 to learn, develop, and compete under the JCC banner.…

Oct 27, 2021

Israeli Actress Enjoying Time in Midstate

Gili Nimni is just eleven years old, but already she has achieved success as one of the premier child actresses in Israel.

“I always wanted to be an actress,” she says.

Gili, a Silver Academy student who is living in the area with her family as part of an exchange program with the Army…