JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
One of the ways the Hebrew word shalvah can be defined is "equanimity." Equanimity is being aware of what's happening, challenges and all, and meeting it with open awareness. Equanimity is maintaining your center while things are uncertain and unstable. We cultivate equanimity in meditation by sitting and returning to open awareness of all we are feeling
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
Join our community in exploring the themes of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Using the Jewish Studio Process, we will ready our souls, minds, and creative selves for this season of transformation. The process we use integrates spiritual grounding, text study, and creative process (using any materials you have at home to explore and
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
On erev Rosh ha-Shanah, in the first moments of the new year, when everything is possible and all ways are open to us, this service offers a chance to come together in self-reflection as the melodies of the High Holidays, as well as melodies from around the world, weave themselves through our hearts, our minds,
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Rosh ha-Shanah Day 1 beit midrash text study. Masks are required! In the Haftarah reading on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah, we learn the story of Hannah. Distraught by her barrenness, she turns to God in prayer. Hannah, considered one of Torah’s
This Tashlich will be an opportunity for community building and reflection - both through the traditional, water-based ritual and through new pathways for personal and communal teshuva. Our focus will be on everyday acts, decisions, and moments of inaction when we have taken the opportunity to make a difference or let it slip by. We
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Rosh ha-Shanah Day 2 beit midrash text study. Masks are required! Join Rabbi Richman for a text study inspired by and building on her sermon about safrut, sacred scribal arts. What are some of the halakhot (laws) that guide ongoing scribal practice, what
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
JOIN TEAM GJC IN OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE! CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE! "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead This year, in partnership with Philabundance, GJC is hosting a virtual food drive to raise
Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman in person, outdoors in GJC's Sukkah for a Yom Kippur beit midrash text study. Masks are required! Yom Kippur is often cast as a solemn day. Although the liturgy and spiritual work of the day are undoubtedly serious, there is also an idea in Jewish tradition that Yom Kippur is a
Join the GJC community, friends, and family for this year's Oscar Bregman Memorial Hevruta Program. This program will provide an opportunity for small groups to reflect on moral questions from the past year.
Come for a delightful and beautiful walk through the Wissahickon! This is the fifth year the Women of GJC are organizing this early fall event. Meet outside at Cedars House Café (200 W. Northwestern Ave.) Space is limited; please RSVP to Dena Lake at denareva@comcast.net. Masks are required.
Come celebrate Sukkot with the GJC Men's Club with scotch tasting, sodas, and light appetizers at the Leamy House Havurah Sukkah. COVID-vaccination and pre-registration are necessary. Please register with Dick Menin at menin1911@comcast.net.
BYO Lulav & Etrog! PLEASE NOTE: The schedule of online vs in-person events at GJC and the links to access services and events online are not posted on the GJC website. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member listserv. If you are not a GJC member but would like to
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
