HAKOL - March 2022

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The Voice of the Lehigh Valley Jewish Community

www.jewishlehighvalley.org

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Issue No. 452

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March 2022

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Learn how the Maimonides Society celebrated their 35th anniversary p5

Celebrate Women’s History Month with us in our special section p14-16

FROM THE DESK OF JERI ZIMMERMAN p3 WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY p4 LVJF TRIBUTES p8 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE p13 JEWISH DAY SCHOOL p17 JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER p18-19 COMMUNITY CALENDAR p26

Super FunDay brings community together for service and surprises Join the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley on Sunday, March 13, from 12-3 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley for Super FunDay. In partnership with the JCC Purim Carnival, Super FunDay is an opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate the end of this year’s 60 Day Challenge. There will be something for everyone, with food, a mentalist performance, King Ahasuerus’s Costume Contest, and more surprises. Many mitzvah opportunities are available, as well. Volunteers are needed to help run booths at the event. And all are invited to participate in the Breakfast on Us! mitzvah for Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley. Please bring breakfast items such as oatmeal, jelly, cereal and pop tarts. (Items must be new, sealed, not expired and peanutfree.) Bring your donations along to the Purim Carnival and drop them off in the designated bins to help support the JFS Community Food Pantry. And it wouldn’t be Super FunDay without

phone calls! From March 7-10, volunteers can call, text, and email donors to ask for their support of the Federation’s 2022 Annual Campaign. The campaign supports all of our local Jewish agencies, as well as Jewish causes in Israel and 70 countries around the world. Thank you callers are also needed to thank members of the community who have already donated to the Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs this year. Those calls can be made from March 7-10 or in a quiet room at Super FunDay on March 13. Bring the kids along, because from 1 to 1:30 p.m., PJ Library will present Queen Vashti’s Bellydancing Class. Families are invited to join PJ Library for an afternoon in “Shushan” as part of Super FunDay. Certified belly dance teacher Miss Helaine will teach some belly dancing moves. Costumes are encouraged! This event is free and open to the community. To learn more or to sign up to make calls or volunteer, contact Jewish Federation at aaron@jflv.org or 610-821-5500.

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Sheila Berg honored at Pennsylvania’s sixth annual Female Veterans Day Ceremony By Amy Zylberman JFLV Director of Community Development This women’s history month, one of the Lehigh Valley’s own remarkable veterans will be honored at the state level at the sixth annual Female Non-Profit Organization 702 North 22nd Street Allentown, PA 18104

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Veterans Day Ceremony. “In hosting this event each March, the Pennsylvania Commission for Women is honored to recognize a diverse class of women veterans who have made personal sacrifices as a result of their service and who have triumphed in both the public and private sectors,” Commission Chair Randi Teplitz said. “We look forward to meeting the next class of nominees and celebrating their tremendous accomplishments.” Fogelsville resident Sheila Berg, a veteran of the US.. Air Force, is a 2022 honoree, nominated by Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Executive Director Jeri Zimmerman. “It was my pleasure and

privilege to nominate Sheila Berg for Female Veterans Day 2022. She deserved to be publicly recognized by the PA Commission for Women for her selflessness and bravery in keeping our country safe and protecting our freedoms,” Zimmerman shared. Berg served 14 years as a jet engine mechanic and then became the first Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of Family Readiness for the Reserves at Dover Air Force Base. She also served two years as 1st Sergeant in the Personnel Administration Squadron, and has served as Chairwoman of the Women in the Military Committee for the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. She currently serves on a

Post 9/11 Veterans Committee with the Jewish War Veterans. She is involved with Jewish Federation and Women’s Philanthropy, who proudly celebrates her achievements and state-level recognition. The Pennsylvania Commission for Women will thank the 71,000 female veterans who live in Pennsylvania, by declaring, by proclamation and resolution, March 31, 2022, as “Female Veterans Day” in Pennsylvania. The honorees will be celebrated on this date as well. Mazel tov to Sheila Berg and all of Pennsylvania’s honorees! Celebrate Women’s History Month with us in our special section on p14-16


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