Confirmation Class
Planning & Preparation for Confirmation If you or your teen needs access to the Confirmation online class, please email Education Director Abby Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
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Teen Tuesday
If you or your teen needs access to the Teen Tuesday online programming, please email Education Director Abby Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
Rosh ha-Shanah Family JAM
REGISTER HERE! How do we teach our children to appreciate the diversity of the world? By starting from the very beginning…in the Garden of Eden with a chatty bird, a thoughtful snake, and a very ambitious fish! The ancient rabbis taught that the earth was created with a wide diversity of creatures by design, each with
Religious School
For information on Religious School classes, please contact Director of Youth & Families Abigail Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
GJC Celebrates! Simhat Torah (Family Program)
Join the celebration of completing and beginning a new cycle of Torah – outdoors in the GJC Maple Tent! Come dance, pray, sing, and play everybody’s favorite game show: “Two Lies and a Truth, Simhat Torah Edition! Find out how far our GJC rabbis will go to bring laughter and learning together while you try
Confirmation Class
10th grade capstone curriculum that explores the wide and diverse Faith-Scape of Northwest Philadelphia and our own theology as Jewish teens in the 21st Century. For more information, please contact Youth & Families Directory Abigail Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org. Schedule for the year is as follows: 10-5 (at GJC): Confirmation Class Kickoff 10-12 (at GJC): Intro
Teen Tuesday
Teens, 7-9th grade, deepen their Jewish learning by pursuing their passions and interests in our Hebrew high school program. For more information, please contact Youth & Families Directory Abigail Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
Book Club: Studies in Spirituality
Join our weekly reading and discussion book club, as we make our way through the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ most recently published book of essays, “Studies in Spirituality.” In the words of the publisher, “We find Rabbi Sacks reading the biblical narrative with profound sensitivity to the depths of the human condition. He inspires
Virtual Hebrew Class
Religious School goes online for Virtual Hebrew School! Through games & movement, language integration, and study of the language, our students learn to read basic liturgical and Modern Hebrew & begin to develop a vocabulary. For more information or the Zoom link to access the class, please contact Director of Youth & Families, Abigail Weinberg.
Support Group for Parents of Young Children (Zoom)
Are you juggling a young family, work, Covid restrictions, and/or distant support networks? Connect with early childhood professionals and parents for ideas, activities, strategies, and just sharing. Nini Engel is a newly-retired school psychologist who worked with preschool to fourth-grade students and families. She is a parent of three grown daughters. She's particularly interested in emotional