Much appreciated With Thanksgiving and Chanukah just behind us and year-end quickly approaching, I am reminded of the expression “an attitude of gratitude.” This is the notion of making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of your life, on a regular basis. For both the big things and small things alike. On a regular basis, my young grandchildren delight in the activity of identifying their “thorns” and “roses,” giving them a moment to reflect on the days’ events and to share their challenges and express the things for which they are grateful. Whether giving thanks to God or just feeling grateful in our own reflections, the
expression an “attitude of gratitude” resonates with me on so many levels. First, I am thankful for family and friends who provide support and encouragement through good times and, sometimes, tough times, and for the many things that make dayto-day life so wonderful. I am also most appreciative of a community that demonstrates caring and compassion and a desire to welcome and engage its members. In this edition of HAKOL, we take a moment to recognize the generous and valued support of sponsors and advertisers and all that they do to support our mission and community efforts. I hope you will join me in recognizing their ongoing
support by patronizing their businesses. Together, we are HERE FOR GOOD, and we appreciate their generosity and community minded care. I am also grateful to each one of you for your time, talent and financial support working to make our community a rich and vibrant one. It is our Jewish Community Center, our Jewish Day School, our Jewish Family Service, all of our synagogues and other organizations that enrich our Jewish life here in the valley. Despite COVID restrictions, all of our agencies have found interesting and creative ways of bringing programs to you. In addition to the HAKOL agency updates,
I also call your attention to a new section in HAKOL bringing us the Good News from Israel – a reminder that we are blessed to be part of a global community. Along with our organizations, our Jewish Federation, Foundation and affinity groups all work to provide opportunities to engage you in helping to make our community and the world a better place. A new project called Dignity Grows, the return of missions to Israel, initiatives like Life and Legacy Each One Reach One, Women Empowering Women, programs for New in the Valley, Men’s Night Out, Mitzvot in the Making and our Maimonides Society’s 35th anniversary are just a
The Lehigh Valley-Yoav Partnership Park in Blessed Memory of Mark L. Goldstein We gratefully acknowledge those individuals who have offered expressions of friendship by requesting that trees be planted in the Mark L. Goldstein Friendship Park, a Yoav-Lehigh Valley Partnership Forest. IN HONOR ALITZA HOCHHAUSER In honor of the upcoming anniversary of your Bat Mitzvah Bob Lembach ASA HOCHHAUSER In honor of being called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah Bob Lembach AVI HOCHHAUSER In honor of the recent anniversary of your Bar Mitzvah Bob Lembach WESLEY KOZINN In honor of your Special Birthday Vicki Wax LINDA PIESNER In honor of the birth of your great
granddaughter, Melody Marilyn Claire IN MEMORY BLANCHE ALGIM (Mother of Matti Sarfatti Hacarvi) Jill and Jeff Blinder WALTER GOLDFARB (Brother of Harold Goldfarb) Ronie and Don Barga Carole and Michael Langsam SIMON GROSMAN (Father of Antonie Samuels) Arlene and Richard Stein GIL LEVY (Husband of Michele Levy) Carole and Michael Langsam
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few examples of the upcoming diverse and exciting opportunities to celebrate in our community. I hope you will participate in any and/ or all of these initiatives, and please feel free to call me for more information. How wonderful it is to be surrounded by you, as together, we address important and meaningful work each day. Please accept my sincere appreciation and thanks to each of you for inspiring me.
HAKOL STAFF STEPHANIE GOODLING Editor/Marketing Associate
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JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY MISSION STATEMENT
In order to unite, sustain, and enhance the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, and support Jewish communities in Israel and around the world, the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is dedicated to the following core values: • Supporting Jews in need wherever they may be. • Supporting Israel as a Jewish homeland. • Supporting and encouraging Jewish education in the Lehigh Valley as a means of strengthening Jewish life for individuals and families. • Supporting programs and services of organizations whose values and mission meet local Jewish needs. To accomplish this mission the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is committed to the following operating guidelines: • Raising and distributing funds to support the core values. • Developing Jewish leaders. • Building endowments to support implementation of core values. • Committing to ongoing Jewish community strategic planning. • Fostering cooperation among organizations and community building. • Evaluating all decisions with respect to fiscal responsibility. • Identifying unmet needs and investing in community initiatives to help get them started. • Coordinating and convening a community response as an issue or need arises. • Setting priorities for allocation and distribution of funds. • Acting as a central address for communication about events, programs and services of the Jewish community as a whole. Approved by the JFLV Board of Directors on November 15, 2000
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