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Events, Services Cancelled Across the Jewish Community

by Adam Grobman

The month of March saw COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) take over the minds of the lucky and the bodies of the less fortunate.

As the disease spread across the globe and large-scale events, such as Austin’s SXSW and the NCAA Tournament, were postponed or cancelled, it was onl…

Message from Greater Harrisburg’s Rabbinical Leadership and Jewish Agencies

As COVID-19 continues to spread, everyone's physical and spiritual well-being remain our top communal priority.  Each of our organizations is working to ensure that we implement reasonable and appropriate precautions in accordance with the recommendations of experts.  We all want to be sen…

Governor Wolf Commemorates Tree of LIfe with Statewide Remembrance Day

by Hank Butler

Last month, Governor Tom Wolf signed a proclamation declaring Sunday, October 27, 2019, a day of remembrance and ordered state flags to half-staff on the one-year mark of an anti-Semitic attack on the Dor Hadash, New Light, and Tree of Life• Or L’Simcha congregations in…

Asbell Center Hires First Full-Time Director

Dickinson College's Asbell Center has hired it's first full-time director, Marley Weiner. Learn more about Marley's background and goals for Jewish life at the college in Carlisle, PA.

Local Journalist, Pr Specialist Launches Own Firm

When Jeanette Krebs was a little girl, she dreamed of becoming a writer. She did that, working for 15 years at a local newspaper. Now, she's the founder of Krebs Communication & Public Engagement, LLC in Susquehanna Township.