You are invited to join the Women of Germantown Jewish Centre (Women of GJC) via Zoom to hear the complicated and compelling 100-year plus history of the Abayudaya (Jews) of Uganda. The second of WGJC’s Jews Around the World programs will be presented by Dr. Ellen Frankel, publisher and editor (former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the
Come in costume and join in the fun at GJC’s annual family-friendly Purim extravaganza! The GJC Celebrates! Purim family megillah reading & schpiel will begin at 9:30 AM. Afterward, the outdoor Purim Carnival starts swinging at 10:30 AM with games of chance and skill, acrobatics, an inflatable slide, Super Hoops, prizes, clowns, mini-golf, and much,
How do a wise old olive tree, a bird, friendship, and Havdalah connect together? Join Rabbi Adam Zeff for a special Havdalah JAM where we will usher out the Sabbath Queen with a unique story that explores the moments that make Shabbat special and what can help us remember them. Each family will be given
GJC's Men's Club is pleased to welcome Stacy Gallin, founder and director of the Miamonides Institute for Medicine, who will deliver a presentation of the issues learned of medical ethics during the Holocaust and how it relates to decisions in response to the COVID pandemic. Circumstances that we often thought were plain and straightforward may
Join our monthly Women’s Talmud Study and learn some of the key Talmudic sugyot (topics or discussions). No advanced preparation is required, and we learn everything with an English translation together in class. If you’re curious about the Talmud and eager to learn some classic Talmudic stories and passages, this class is for you! Sessions
March Art Beit Midrash 9:00 - 10:00 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout March 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
Refugee Shabbat will be observed in each minyan. Be sure to join our Refugee Justice program tomorrow, March 6, at 7:30 PM: GJC’s Refugee Immigrant Justice Group welcomes Keynote Speaker Farwa Ahmadi, Director of Afghans of Philadelphia and INSPIRE Case Manager for the Nationalities Service Center. She has been featured in the Inquirer and WHYY
Just over one hundred years ago sixty families ascended a sand dune off the Mediterranean coast and dreamt of creating the first Hebrew speaking city in close to two thousand years. The city of Tel Aviv, a city designed by ideology rather than commerce, reflects the values of early Zionism and its attempt to create
GJC’s Refugee Immigrant Justice Group welcomes Keynote Speaker Farwa Ahmadi, Director of Afghans of Philadelphia and INSPIRE Case Manager for the Nationalities Service Center. She has been featured in the Inquirer and WHYY for her leadership of Philadelphia’s Afghan community. The program will also include a policy update provided by HIAS and a preview of
Feminist Midrash 7:00 - 8:30 PM on Tuesdays, March 8, 15, & 22 (Zoom) Each session of this class will examine a different midrash from the book Dirshuni, and incredible collection of feminist midrash by modern Israeli women. We will examine these midrashim both on their own terms and to help us gain insight into
