Jared Solomon Wants to Be Pennsylvania’s Attorney General
In the Democratic Primary for Pennsylvania’s attorney general seat, Eugene DePasquale has the most name recognition after serving as the state’s auditor general for...
Lubavitch of Bucks County Opens New Mikvah on State Street in Newtown
“Do I need to take my wedding ring off?” I asked Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein at the Adele Mermelstein Community Mikvah in Newtown.
“Yes,” the rabbi...
JE Podcast: Rabbi Benjamin David Discusses Solidarity Trip to Israel
Rabbi Benjamin David leads Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park. From Feb. 24-March 1, Rabbi David and eight congregants visited Israel on a...
Congregations of Shaare Shamayim Planning to Move from Northeast Philadelphia to Old York Road
In 1966, Congregation Shaare Shamayim of South Philadelphia merged with the Greater Northeast Jewish Congregation. The unified community later changed its name to Congregation...
Rabbi Gregory Marx Retiring from Congregation Beth Or in Maple Glen After 35 Years
Rabbi Gregory Marx has been a rabbi for four decades. At this point, his title is basically part of his name.
Yet there was a...
Michael Balaban Details the State of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia President and CEO Michael Balaban fights fires for the Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Co. in his spare time. There...
JE Podcast: Bryn Mawr Native Avi Lurie Discusses Making Aliyah and Serving in the...
Avi Lurie made aliyah in 2014. He served in the Israel Defense Forces from 2014-2017. Then, after Oct. 7, he was called up from...
HIAS PA’s Cathryn Miller-Wilson Motivated by Desire to Serve
Cathryn Miller-Wilson, 56, has been the executive director of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Pennsylvania since 2016. For more than two years before...
WIP Host Glen Macnow Discusses Philadelphia Journey
Longtime WIP sports radio host Glen Macnow is not from Philadelphia. He grew up in Buffalo, went to college in Boston and then went...
At Nana’s Kitchen, Israeli Senderowitsch Family Deals With Graffiti, Hostages
The Senderowitsch family started in Argentina, made aliyah in the 1980s and immigrated to the United States in 2002. The family wanted to live...
