Tish'ah b'Av commemorates the destruction of the temples and the mass displacement of our ancestors. As we know, this was far from the last time our people would experience mass displacement and bear the weight of ensuing collective trauma. As human beings we are story-telling animals. We make meaning of our lives and our personal
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/780532809 or dial in: +1 929 436 2866 and use Meeting ID: 780 532 809 or go to our homepage and listen by clicking the livestream link. Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service, including Torah reading when appropriate, on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday mornings throughout the
The GJC Choir is an all-volunteer group of singers that performs at High Holiday services and at other holiday celebrations, programs, and community events throughout the year. Directed by Rabbi Zeff, the choir sings a mix of traditional liturgical pieces, contemporary music, and new compositions, many written especially for the group. The choir rehearses on
Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service, including Torah reading when appropriate, on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday mornings throughout the year in the Magil Chapel. The service is led by members in rotation with the Rabbi, and the Rabbi gives a short teaching at the end of each service to
Our local and excellent Woodmere Museum (on Germantown Avenue, about 1 mile north of the Chestnut Hill West train station) holds a Juried Exhibition every summer. The works are new, often startling, very fresh and provocative of much discussion. HAZAK has arranged for a tour with a Museum docent. The tour should last one to
Led by Rabbi Zeff, this weekly service puts an emphasis on learning, with a shorter Shacharit prayer service and a longer period for study, led by the Rabbi and by members. The service meets in the Charry Sanctuary during the year, place where most of our Bar and Bat Mitzvah services and celebrations take place,
