Alexander Grass Campus For Jewish Life

New Year, New Home

Silver Academy and Federation Prepare to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Grass Campus Transition

When the shofar sounds and signals the New Year ahead, it will be clear that 5784 will be the year that the Grass Campus becomes the central hub for the Harrisburg Jewish Community to live out many of …

JFGH Releases Grass Campus Catering RFP

Kosher food service will be an integral part of the daily operations of the Grass Campus. As we wish longtime food service provider Norman Gras well in his retirement and move to Baltimore, the Jewish Federation recently sent a request for proposals to more than twenty prospective caterers. …

Film Festival Begins Thursday June 8th with Free Screening at Grass Campus!

By Julie Sherman

The Edward S. Finkelstein Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival begins Thursday, June 8th, 7pm, at the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life.

Reckonings, the latest documentary from award-winning writer-director Roberta Grossman (Above and Beyond, Hava Nagila), will lead off a …

Agencies Finalize New Office Plans at Grass Campus

As crews continue to knock down walls, lay down flooring, and outfit spaces across the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life, updated plans will now give two agencies in our community the space to grow in their own buildings on the campus.

McCormick House, located at the Northwest corner o…

Grass Campus to be Central PA MLK Day of Service Signature Site

The 14th annual Central PA MLK Day of Service will take place on on January 16th, featuring the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life as this year’s signature site!

The program will commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington by focusing on Dr. King's call to "make real t…