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
Planning & Preparation for Confirmation If you or your teen needs access to the Confirmation online class, please email Education Director Abby Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
Tuesdays, April 6, 13 & 20 7:00-9:00 PM on Zoom Laynie Soloman, SVARA SVARA Faculty Member Laynie Soloman will teach a 3-session online bet midrash where will we will dig into SVARA's traditionally radical approach to Talmud learning, all in a queer, radically inclusive learning space. All you need is the ability to sound out
In addition to the Morning Minyan service, and in observance of Yom ha-Shoah, we will have a short ceremony where we light candles in memory of the six million. PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted on the GJC website. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member
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 Thursday of the month to discuss great books - BYO tea and nosh to the
As America is in the throes of a historical reckoning over its monuments, Dr. Paul Farber, Director of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia-based public art and history studio, will share insights into how democracy lives and languishes through its sites of memory. Through this talk, Dr. Farber addresses local and national stories, including the work of
Today, we take women's participation in Shabbat services for granted. Each year, on Women's Shabbat, we remember and celebrate our growth and ownership of women's place in the synagogue. Join us over Zoom for an extraordinary Shabbat where all are welcome to continue this 43 year legacy. PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia presents Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony Sunday, April 11 at 1:00 PM Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to commemorate the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to honor the Survivors in our communities. The event will feature performances by Steven Skybell of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (from
Join our community for a longstanding tradition (across the world and in our own GJC community) of studying Pirkei Avot in the weeks between Passover and Shavuot. Learning one chapter each week, we will guide each other through the whole masechet (tractate).
GJC’s Jewish book reading group meets monthly, reading and discussing 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 and the link to access the Zoom meeting, please contact Nan Myers. April's book is "The
