Torah Scrolls: Up Close and Personal 7:00 - 8:30 PM on Tuesdays, April 26, May 3, and May 10 (Zoom) Torah scribe Jen Taylor Friedman helps us zoom in on the tiny details of Torah scrolls. We'll learn some Talmud having to do with Torahs, look at some of the oldest known scrolls, discuss what
Judy was just twelve years old when the war came to Lithuania in 1941. The Nazis first forced her family to live in the Kovno ghetto and later they deported them to a concentration camp. Judy and her sister Rachel escaped, and through an extraordinary journey that took them across Nazi-occupied Europe, they were liberated
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
Pirkei Avot Community Learning 4:00 - 5:00 PM on Saturdays, April 30 - May 28 7:15 PM on Saturday, June 4 (with Tikkun Leyl Shavuot) Pirkei Avot is a rich collection of rabbinic sayings from the era of the Mishnah. There is a tradition that, each Shabbat between Passover and Shavuot, we study one of
TORAH FUND BRUNCH honoring Vilma Lieberman with guest speaker Dr. Chava Weissler Sunday, May 1 at 11:00 AM Women of GJC invites you to join them in person at our annual Torah Fund Brunch. All are invited. May is a beautiful time to be outside, and this year's Torah Fund Brunch will be held in
May Art Beit Midrash 9:00 - 10:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout May Join our community in exploring the themes of the season, weekly Torah reading, and holidays. Using the Jewish Studio Process, we integrate spiritual grounding, text study, and creative process (using any materials you have at home to explore and play). This
Israel Programming @ GJC presents "BREAKING BREAD" - Hummus has no borders. Wednesday, May 4 under the Maple Tent Dinner by Goldie at 6:30 PM, Film at 7:00 PM - REGISTER HERE BREAKING BREAD is a documentary that explores the A-Sham Festival, a groundbreaking food festival where Arab and Jewish chefs work in tandem to
Israel Programming at GJC presents POLITICS & SPIRITUALITY IN ISRAEL with Rabbi Rani Yaeger, Shalom Hartman Institute Sunday, May 15 at 10:00 AM In Israel, politics and state are deeply interwoven with the spiritual, and important tectonic changes are shaping the identity of Jews there. Join Rabbi Rani Jaeger of the Shalom Hartman Institute to
WOMEN'S CLOTHING GIVEAWAY Sunday, May 15 under GJC's Maple TentDrop-off beginning at 10:00 AM Shopping hours from 12:00-2:30 PM We are excited to share the news that the GJC Women's Clothing Exchange will return, in a new risk-reduced format, on Sunday, May 15th! If you haven’t attended in the past: this is a fantastic opportunity to
Please join us for HAZAK Shabbat on Saturday, May 21, in the Charry Sanctuary. Our speaker will be Al Schmidt, President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a major Philadelphia nonprofit that works to improve government and elections. Al Schmidt joined the Committee of Seventy as President & CEO in January 2022 after serving
