8:00 - 9:00 PM on Mondays, March 29 - May 10 Each year many of us use the counting of the omer (marking each day between Passover and Shavuot) as a way to investigate our spiritual lives and the intersections between ourselves and the larger world. Poetry is also a way to explore our deepest
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Rabbi Zeff will be leading a service from the Charry Sanctuary this week with Shabbat prayers and songs. As part of the service, the rabbi will also be teaching a text study. If your Shabbat practice allows, please tune in! PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted on the GJC website. Rather, |
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Tuesdays, April 6, 13 & 20 7:00-9:00 PM on Zoom Laynie Soloman, SVARA SVARA Faculty Member Laynie Soloman will teach a 3-session online bet midrash where will we will dig into SVARA's traditionally radical approach to Talmud learning, all in a queer, radically inclusive learning space. All you need is the ability to sound out |
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HAZAK programs are planned for our seniors (age 55+) and are geared to both reflect common interests and get us to “stretch” to try new activities as well. This well-attended book group meets monthly all year long on the second Thursday of the month to discuss great books - BYO tea and nosh to the |
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Today, we take women's participation in Shabbat services for granted. Each year, on Women's Shabbat, we remember and celebrate our growth and ownership of women's place in the synagogue. Join us over Zoom for an extraordinary Shabbat where all are welcome to continue this 43 year legacy. PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are |
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Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia presents Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony Sunday, April 11 at 1:00 PM Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to commemorate the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to honor the Survivors in our communities. The event will feature performances by Steven Skybell of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (from |
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GJC’s Jewish book reading group meets monthly, reading and discussing fiction and nonfiction books of Jewish interest written mostly (but not solely) by Jewish writers and chosen by the group. Volunteer group members lead the discussion. For more information and the link to access the Zoom meeting, please contact Nan Myers. April's book is "The |
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We live in a highly digital Age. At no time has the relationship between Judaism and Technology been all at once so rich, complex, enriching, and problematic. Based on a wide array of Jewish sources, learners will first explore their own relationship to digital technologies such as smart phones and computers. Participants will also join |
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The GJC Men's Club and Israel Programming at GJC, in coordination with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Jewish Agency for Israel's Partnership Together (also known as P2G) are pleased to welcome internationally known musician David Peretz for a special program in celebration of Yom ha-Atzma'ut. Every nation has its own mythology and ethos |
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Mazal tov to Levanah Cohen, daughter of Rabbi Debrah Cohen, on becoming Bat Mitzvah! Rabbi Zeff will be leading a service from the Charry Sanctuary this week with Shabbat prayers and songs. As part of the service, the rabbi will also be teaching a text study. If your Shabbat practice allows, please tune in! PLEASE |
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Reading & Writing Talmud with a Queer, Anti-racist, Feminist in the 21st Century (Open Beit Midrash)
Reading & Writing Talmud with a Queer, Anti-racist, Feminist in the 21st Century (Open Beit Midrash)
Tuesdays, April 27, May 4 & May 11 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom Dr. Gwynn Kessler We do not passively read texts but actively meet them with our whole selves: our bodies, our emotions, our intellects and our unique perspectives. In this class we read selected rabbinic texts guided by feminist, queer, and anti-racist questions such |
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