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 again and again. Likewise, in
Join us every night through Wednesday, May 27. We will gather together to schmooze from 9 to 9:15 PM. At 9:15 we count the omer. After counting, there is time until (at least) 9:30 to discuss the attributes of the day. For the Zoom log-in, please contact Pesha Leichter at pesha27@gmail.com
Welcome Shabbat together with singing and joy! Video: Use this Zoom link on your smartphone or computer. Audio: Call 1-929-436-2866, Meeting ID 227-420-988 Listening only: Click here or listen on our website at www.germantownjewishcentre.org
Join Rabbi Zeff for Sunday coffee & conversation! Join Zoom Meeting online: https://zoom.us/j/204810434 Dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) Use Meeting ID: 204 810 434
hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia in observing Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “memories in the living room”) program. Build and explore personal connections to the Holocaust as we listen, think, talk and open our hearts to the stories of survivors.
Pirkei Avot is a rich collection of rabbinic sayings from the era of the Mishnah (around 0-200 CE). There is a tradition that, each Shabbat between Passover and Shavuot, we study one of the six chapters, working our way through the collection. Join us for this centuries-old Jewish tradition that we practice at GJC with
GJC’s Jewish Book Group reads 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. This month's book is "Button Man" by Andrew Gross. For more information and for the zoom link or call-in number for this month's People
How are religious communities reacting to living through a pandemic? How is it making us think differently about what it means to be a congregation, how we forge connections, and how we relate to the divine? And how should it make us act differently on our commitments to advocate for equity and justice at a
Please join us - it's good to connect! GJC's family retreat community is hosting a virtual Family Havdalah via Zoom. It will be a chance for kids and parents to be in community, even virtually, as we mark the transition from Shabbat. Come light your candle with us! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/581668185 Meeting ID 581-668-185
Just as chanting and meditating on Shabbat has filled our hearts and carried us through the week, we will use those tools to celebrate each week's Omer gate from the Tree of Life. Receive gifts of enhanced awareness and guidance to be felt throughout your whole week. This is the perfect time to begin practices
