"Kol Zimrah" means "the sound of singing." This special musical service, currently offered online, is led by Rabbi Adam Zeff and Executive Director Nina Peskin. Kol Zimrah features original melodies and kavanot (short spiritual reflections) rather than a formal teaching. The service, which includes a drummer, invites us to enter the peaceful and reflective space
Come explore LGBTQ PRIDE with a special family JAM. The program, emceed by teens Zivia Avelin, Toby Kessler Cohen, Sol Pinsky Elsila, Yossi Ravital, Yael Smith Posner, Sadie Wade, and Dasi Weinmartin, begins on Zoom at 6:00 PM, and will feature special events led by Serena Levingston, Chana Rothman, and Rabbi Rebecca Richman. SCHEDULE: Welcome!
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,
For chanters, meditators, and those who love, need and seek the Silence within. Facilitated by Leah Weisman. PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted here. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member listserv. If you are not a GJC member but would like to receive these emails,
Join us for an intimate hour and special opportunity to hear personal stories of life-shaping moments on the LGBTQ journey. A special opportunity for honoring and supporting the diversity and commonality of the human LGBTQ experience. Join via smartphone, tablet, or computer: Use this zoom link. Join via telephone: Dial 646-876-9923, and use meeting
HAZAK programs are planned for our seniors (age 55+) and are geared to both reflect common interests and get us to “stretch” to try new activities as well. This well-attended book group meets monthly all year long on the second Wednesday of the month to discuss great books over tea and nosh. This month's book
How do our faith and our religious practices support and guide us during this time of upheaval? What are communities of faith called to be in the moment? How will we be challenged and changed? Rabbi Adam Zeff of Germantown Jewish Center, Pastor John Wilkinson of Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church and Jarrett Kerbel, Rector of
Dorshei Derekh is a weekly member-led Reconstructionist minyan that puts an emphasis on singing, with a full P’sukei d’Zimra (preliminary service), and interactive discussion during the d’var Torah. The minyan is currently meeting over Zoom, and all roles in the service are coordinated and filled by members, who also organize social activities, study, and celebrations
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Prayer is for every day, and GJC supports a weekday minyan service. The Rabbi gives a short teaching at the end of each service to provide food for thought for the day. The minyan provides a relaxed and welcoming environment in which to pray, to learn prayer skills, and, for those in mourning, to recite
