Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers Creating connections between diverse communities over food GJC welcomes Anuj Gupta, General Manager of the Reading Terminal Market, to share the story of how this innovative project fosters connections between new and diverse Philadelphia communities while encouraging and strengthening connections between communities across the city. Learn how project participants gain understanding of
Germantown Jewish Centre is pleased to announce the 2019 Lunch & Learn, “Law, Narrative, and Jewish Ethics”, with Rabbi Adam Zeff. Online registrations are now open at https://germantownjewishcentre.org/center-city-lunch-learn/. Although the study of law sometimes focuses on legal codes, the narrative context of law can be equally important to understanding its meaning. This class will examine
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,
Mother-Daughter Artists, Sonia Gordon-Walinsky and Nina Gordon, will present their Blessing and Mindfulness Bowls- ceramic bowls with Hebrew and English blessings and phrases from Torah and liturgy carved into them, and their prayerful sculptures of wool figurines emerging from clay vessels. Sonia will also present her Hebrew and English calligraphy artwork on paper, including Aishet
GJC's Men's Club welcomes back Susan Lankin-Watts, who will present a Jewish Jazz Brunch with music and explanation that is a continuation of 2018's highly successful Paid Up Brunch. $5 for a wonderful morning full of shmoozing, music, and delicious nosh! RSVP to Dick at menin1911@comcast.net or Justin at jfink@verizon.net. Don't forget to bring a
Early literacy begins earlier than we ever thought— at birth! Join us to learn more and take action about the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education. If you have questions, please contact Early Childhood Program Director Michelle Bernstein at ecp@germantownjewishcentre.org. View the trailer at https://youtu.be/Shm-KRh4LFg.
In what ways can prayer and acts of piety be radically transformative? How can marginalized voices in our tradition, such as women's voices, help us wed our critique and devotion, and reclaim pious practices that seem alienating or trivial? We will delve into multiple genres of Jewish texts, from Talmud to Yiddish prayers, in order
