Shalom Baby families meet to play, schmooze By Abby Trachtman Project Coordinator
Shalom Baby families met on the Washington Street field at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, May 21, for an afternoon of play, snacks, crafts and schmoozing.
The sun was shining as the group played with bubble wands and heard stories. Every baby attending got registered for PJ Library, which regularly sends Jewish children’s books to members. Shalom Baby is a program of the Women’s Philanthropy division of the Jewish Fed-
eration of the Lehigh Valley. Program volunteers visit new babies with a bag of gifts to welcome them to our Jewish community. Is there a new baby in your home? Contact Abby Trachtman at abbyt@jflv. org to arrange a visit from Shalom Baby.
CREATIVE CLOSETS Space is made here
Creative Closets Ltd. 610-433-0933 www.creativeclosets.com Call for complimentary garage consultation CLOSETS | HOME OFFICES | PANTRIES | WINE CELLARS | MUDROOMS | LAUNDRY ROOMS | GARAGES
Danny Cohen receives honorary doctorate
Daniel Cohen received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Lafayette College during the school’s commencement ceremony on May 20. A member of Lafayette’s class of 1965, Cohen is an attorney and partner at the Hof and Reid firm, which specializes in personal injury law, in Bethlehem. Within the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, Cohen has served as president and board member of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh Valley Jewish Foundation and B’nai Abraham Synagogue (which was merged into Congregation Bnai Shalom). A native of Easton, he graduated from Easton High School and Lafayette College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania Law School and began practicing law in 1968, partnering soon afterward with Norman Seidel in the firm Seidel and Cohen, which became Hof and Reid. Cohen has served as a member of a hearing committee of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He also has served on the board of directors and as president of ProJeCt of Easton as well as on the boards for the Hugh Moore Canal Commission, Premier Bank (now Fulton
Bank), Friends of the State Theatre and the City of Easton Police Practices Commission. He has been admitted before the trial and appellate courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. His practice has concentrated in land-use law, business organizations and corporate matters, transactions and wills, trusts, and estates. At Lafayette, Cohen has volunteered for Gateway Career Center in various capacities, including job fairs, internships and the 1826 Law Society. He is married to Nancy Cohen, and they have two daughters. They live in Easton.
KI and TBE Sisterhood hold plant swap By Sharon Land Congregation Keneseth Israel
Complete dental care | High Tech Dental Solutions | Newest Techniques
MARK I. NOTIS D.M.D., P.C.
2323 Highland Street | Allentown 610.433.6745 | 610.798.SMILE www.2thdoc.com
Dr. Notis has a Fellowship in the International College of Oral Implantology dedicated to dental implant knowledge.
26 JUNE 2023 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY
It was a beautiful sunny Sunday morning in May when the Women of Keneseth Israel held its third annual plant swap with Temple Beth El Sisterhood next to its community garden. The group received house plants, seeds, bulbs, vegetable seedlings and perennials. Women talked about their plants and traded gardening tips. They especially enjoyed the adorable service-puppyin-training. Beth El’s master gardener, Myron Levenson, talked briefly about TBE’s beautiful garden, already planted with early spring produce. All the vegetables are donated
to Jewish Family Service. He took some seedlings from the swap for the garden. The swap participants took advantage of Beth El’s religious school pick-up time and offered plants to the arriving parents. Several were very interested. Maybe the next Jewish generation will become interested in gardening? For KI or TBE gardening resources, contact Sharon Land at sharonsrland@gmail. com.
