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brew schools of all denominaBY DAVID FALLK tions, and several major social In support of letters sent service agencies and communal by Pennsylvania Governor organizations. Our Jewish roots Tom Wolf; Joseph Scarnoti, in this region date back to the president pro tempore of the mid-19th century. Pennsylvania Senate; and In many respects, it is easy Michael Turzai, speaker of to overlook the fact that vibrant the Pennsylvania House of Jewish life can exist beyond the Representatives, concerning the great cities of the East Coast of possible closure of the Israeli the United States. Nevertheless, Consulate in Philadelphia, a our communities have never David Fallk letter, including a photo of the overlooked the people and ICU ambulance donated by the community to Magen David Adom during the needs of Israel. Our Federation has the Second Intifada, was prepared by sponsored numerous missions to Israel Mark Silverberg, executive director of over the years and while other Federations the Jewish Federation of Northeastern have cancelled their missions to Israel Pennsylvania, and David Fallk, chairman for security reasons (during the Second of the Community Relations Committee, Intifada as well as in recent months due and issued on January 21 to Israeli Prime to terrorism), we never have cancelled our Israel missions and we never will. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As part of our devout commitment to A Federation representative noted, “The Federation sincerely hopes that Israel, we help fund the Pennsylvania Jewthe government of Israel will respect ish Coalition, which lobbies in the state our wishes and the wishes of our elected capital, Harrisburg, for Jewish and Israeli representatives and permit the Israeli interests. We have sponsored broad-based, Consulate in Philadelphia to continue pro-Israel, inter-denominational comthe fine work it has done (and continues munity rallies, pro-Israel lectures at local to do) in support of Israel’s interests in universities and conducted emergency fund-raising campaigns to support Israel the Mid-Atlantic Region.” The Honorable Benjamin Netanyahu in times of war and natural disasters. We continue to maintain one of the highest Prime Minister, State of Israel, percentages in America of our gross an3 Kaplan Street, P.O. Box 187 nual UJA Campaign dollars for Israel and Kiryat Ben-Gurion overseas Jewish needs, and we maintain a Jerusalem, Israel 91919 close relationship with the Israeli ConsulDear Prime Minister: I am the executive director of the Jewish ate in Philadelphia, which continues to Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania. provide our community with pro-Israel Our Federation is based in Scranton, speakers on a regular basis and on a wide PA, and services the Jewish communi- variety of subjects. To symbolize the importance of Israel ties of four major counties in Northeast Pennsylvania, which include the Pocono to our Federation, I am enclosing a photo of the intensive care ambulance that our mountain areas. Although our communities are rela- community purchased for Magen David tively small in Jewish population, we are Adom during the Second Intifada. It was large in our Jewishness and in our com- and continues to be an expression of mitment (both politically and financially) our love for our ancient homeland. Our to the security and survival of the Jewish community also assisted in rebuilding the state. We embrace 15 constituent agencies, ophthalmology clinic for the hospital in including a world-renowned yeshiva, a Nahariya after it was damaged by rockets large kosher skilled-care facility for the fired from Lebanon during that war. elderly, numerous synagogues and HeSee “Report” on page 6
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