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New prehistoric human unknown to science discovered in Israel
Hebrew U and Tel Aviv University researchers found remains of a new type of ‘Homo’ who lived in the region some 130,000 years ago. A new type [...]
2021 Virtual Annual Teen Symposium on the Holocaust
INTRODUCTION by Mary Ann Answini, Director, Holocaust Education and Resource Center In the early spring, it was our hope that the 33rd Annual Teen Symposium on the Holocaust could [...]
Rhino calf born at Ramat Gan zoo named ‘Ruvi’ for the president
Rivlin thanks safari park for the honor; the calf is the 33rd born at the park, which runs one of the most successful breeding programs for the endangered southern [...]
Vulture thought extinct from Israel for 30 years spotted twice in a month
Israel Nature and Parks Authority hopes sightings of subspecies of ecologically important lappet-faced vulture signal its return Last month, the chief scientist of the Israel Nature and [...]
Rise in anti-Semitic attacks in U.S. concerns Jewish leaders
SCRANTON, Pa. — David Fallk from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania says the recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. seems different than during previous conflicts between [...]
Mark Silverberg’s Retirement Party
On Sunday afternoon, August 22, 2021, the Jewish Federation of NEPA hosted a retirement party honoring executive director, Mark Silverberg, for over 20 years of excellent leadership and Dolores [...]
Meet 6 Israeli women breaking glass ceilings in Fintech
“Being a woman gives you an advantage because finance used to be a male-dominated world. Females bring a different point of view and I leverage that.” Over the past few [...]
The Jewish Federation of NEPA Celebrates Israel’s Independence Day
Though we couldn’t visit Israel in person to celebrate her 73rd birthday, a number of households throughout Scranton and the Poconos joined a virtual tour of our Jewish homeland, sponsored [...]
Yom HaShoah – April 8, 2021
An in-person, socially-distanced, event commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day was held on Thursday, April 8, 2021 outside the Scranton JCC, located at 601 Jefferson Avenue in Scranton. Here's a video, [...]
Israel Now Home to ‘Incredibly Rare’ Complete Scroll of Esther, One of World’s Oldest
Scroll of Esther written by a scribe on the Iberian Peninsula around 1465, before the Jews’ expulsion, has been acquired by the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. By Yakir [...]
The Jewish Federation Brings Scranton Tu B’Shvat Initiative to the Poconos
The Scranton JCC, Temple Hesed of Scranton, and Temple Israel of Scranton hosted an exciting Tu B’Shvat initiative to enhance the holiday during the Coronavirus pandemic. The initiative included a [...]
Never Forget: Symposium teaches students the horrors of the Holocaust
Originally posted by Peter Cameron, May 10, 217 on Times Tribune Alan Moskin was a 19-year-old Jewish-American soldier in Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army when his division came upon [...]
Mark Silverberg Retirement Speech
I look around this auditorium today and I see so many of my friends from Greater Scranton, Stroudsburg, Lords Valley, Pocono Pines, and Honesdale who are here this afternoon and [...]