Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to
Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to
Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to
Without A, B & O, the Red Cross can’t save anyone. You are the #MissingType they need! Make your appointment early, as blood drive participant slots have been filling up quickly! Donors on this day receive a long-sleeved Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last! All donors will also be tested for COVID-19 antibodies with results
WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Well, you probably do know that, but how about your great-grandfather? Joel Specter of Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of Greater Philadelphia will talk about the ins and outs of exploring your family background. This is for novices as well as seasoned searchers. Zoom link will be provided shortly before the presentation.
Meet acclaimed author Rachel Adler as she talks about the Holy Mysticat - a restless wanderer on the earth in the form of a grey tabby cat with the soul of a Jewish Kabbalist. This program is presented by Women of GJC. The Zoom link will be provided shortly before the event.
Feeling the mid-winter blues? Looking for something to do on December 24? GJC's got you covered! Come for a fun night of dance, song, and laughter! What's in store, you ask? Dance (on your feet or in a chair!) with Dancemaster Steve Weintraub's Klezmer Dance Lessons Laugh (or groan) at the Torah fortunes & Jewish
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
In this time of stress and worry, we need the peace of Shabbat more than ever. Please join Rabbi Zeff for a Kabbalat Shabbat service, lifting, if even for a few minutes, the cares of the week from our shoulders and our hearts. Yahrzeits will be announced, and mourners will have the opportunity to say
As the daylight dwindles and the weather cools, let us turn inward to the warmth of our community. Each week until mid-March we will mark havdalah as a community. Havdalah is a short ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, our day of rest. Through blessing, song, and story, we will dwell together in the
