Religious School goes online for Virtual Hebrew School! Through games & movement, language integration, and study of the language, our students learn to read basic liturgical and Modern Hebrew & begin to develop a vocabulary. For more information or the Zoom link to access the class, please contact Director of Youth & Families, Abigail Weinberg.
Are you juggling a young family, work, Covid restrictions, and/or distant support networks? Connect with early childhood professionals and parents for ideas, activities, strategies, and just sharing. Nini Engel is a newly-retired school psychologist who worked with preschool to fourth-grade students and families. She is a parent of three grown daughters. She's particularly interested in emotional
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
One of the ways the Hebrew word shalvah can be defined is "equanimity." Equanimity is being aware of what's happening, challenges and all, and meeting it with open awareness. Equanimity is maintaining your center while things are uncertain and unstable. We cultivate equanimity in meditation by sitting and returning to open awareness of all we are feeling
Join Anna Goldberg (and her puppets!) at 9:30 AM (outdoors, in-person on the Pine Lawn) for a 30-minute, child-centric Shabbat service for children age 0-6 and their families. Each service highlights themes from the Shabbat liturgy, weekly Torah portion, and upcoming holiday. Come along for singing, praying, storytelling, and more! Services are weather-dependent and will
This weekly member-led traditional egalitarian minyan puts an emphasis on a complete traditional prayer service, with repetition of the Amidah in Shacharit and a full Torah reading. The minyan is currently meeting in-person as well as holding a separate Zoom service, and all roles in the service are coordinated and filled by members, who also
For chanters, meditators, and those who love, need, and seek the Silence within. Facilitated by Leah Weisman. PLEASE NOTE: The online and in-person schedule of services and programs as well as access links are not posted here. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed to our member listserv. If you are not a
POWER: How To Get Involved! with Lilah Saber & POWER Campaign Leaders sponsored by Tikkun Olam@GJC GJC is PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF POWER INTERFAITH! Wondering What POWER’s Doing These Days? POWER launched in 2011 with a bold moral vision to confront injustice by bringing together thousands of Philadelphians across lines of race, class, neighborhood
Rosh Hodesh for girls and Shevet for boys are groups of 7-10 young people and a trained adult leader, who together explore the challenges and joys of teens’ lives, drawing on social-emotional learning, an understanding of teen culture, and Jewish wisdom and values... while having some FUN along the way! Please contact Director of Youth
Take a quick break in the middle of your day to learn Mishnah, a central rabbinic text, with Rabbi Zeff. We will learn about what Mishnah is, how it works, and delve into some key mishnaic texts together. If you are curious about rabbinic text but have not studied any before, this class is for
