Fighting Stigma: Creating a More Inclusive Jewish Community Rebecca Salus, Northeast Program Director for Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (JAFCO), will discuss the importance of our Jewish community embracing and supporting families raising children with special needs. She will also highlight the unique issues facing siblings of children with special needs. Rebecca will speak during
Simple-minded Chance (Peter Sellers), a gardener who has resided in the Washington, D.C., townhouse of his wealthy employer for his entire life and been educated only by television, is forced to vacate his home when his boss dies. While wandering the streets, he encounters business mogul Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas), who assumes Chance to be
HA-MAKOM: SACRED SPACE IN JUDAISM In this Beit Midrash series we will explore the idea of sacred space in Jewish thought, from the Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the wilderness to the Temple in Jerusalem to Israel and the modern synagogue. How do spaces contain or channel the divine? How do they change the people in them
GJC's Jewish book reading 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. For more information, please contact Nan at nanbmyers2@gmail.com.
HA-MAKOM: SACRED SPACE IN JUDAISM In this Beit Midrash series we will explore the idea of sacred space in Jewish thought, from the Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the wilderness to the Temple in Jerusalem to Israel and the modern synagogue. How do spaces contain or channel the divine? How do they change the people in them
Register here! Without A, B & O, the Red Cross can't save anyone. You are the #MissingType they need! To make an appointment please contact Dr. David Fish at 215-885-4229 or click on the link above and enter sponsor code: Germantown Jewish Centre.
There Are Jews Here is a 2016 film about 4 small Jewish communities in middle America. Once sites of vibrant congregations they find themselves needing to adapt to new demographic realities. Using in depth profiles the producers bring us into the lives and the shuls that are effected. Some novel approaches to their problems are
The all-important Israeli elections of April 9, 2019, ought to be interpreted within the broader context of Israel’s prolonged identity crisis. Israel has witnessed over the last few decades the emergence of internal conflict between universalists and particularists, liberals and conservatives, promoters of majoritarianism versus the promoters of minority rights, and those who prioritize Israel’s
Welcome to Shabbat Sha'baby! This monthly Shabbat experience, for babies from birth to early walkers and their grown-ups, invites you to celebrate the special time of Shabbat with singing, movement, relaxation and play, and share and connect with other new parents and families. Come as you are for cuddles and community!
Let’s get together to Strike Up the Band! Saturday March 9 7:30-10:30pm The Women of GJC are bringing together all the greatest musicians from the best Marching Bands, Jazz Bands, Rock and Roll Bands, and Big Bands throughout history to help us celebrate. The 2019 Purim Bash will be the best ever! What are you waiting
