Federation to present annual awards, celebrate the past year

The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley will present its annual awards and vote on nominees for its board of directors at its Community Celebration and Annual Meeting on June 8.

The event to celebrate the award winners, leaders and volunteers begins at 6 p.m. with an Israeli-style picnic. Attendance is free and all are invited to attend, thanks in part to sponsorship by the St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Rachel Levin will receive the George Feldman Award for Young Leadership. Levin has been a member of the Federation’s board of directors and of the Women’s Philanthropy division board. She led the division’s Dignity Grows initiative to fill and distribute tote bags full of essential supplies for women

The Schiff Award for Prejudice Reduction will be presented to Fay Kun. After the death of her mother, Frieda Fried, in 2011, Kun became a Holocaust educator, teaching people about the unthinkable tragedy that became reality when prejudice was allowed to grow and spread. She has visited local schools and other sites to tell the story of her mother’s experience as a teenager surviving the concentration camps.

Aaron Gorodzinsky will