This series is designed to deepen your experience of the entire High Holiday experience. We will be reading Alan Lew’s “This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared” together. The book will guide us through the 2-month journey from Tisha B’av through Sukkot. Each participant should obtain the book and read the assigned chapters before
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If you need the link to attend the meeting, please contact Women of GJC co-President Marilyn Silberstein at mjsilb3@gmail.com. |
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PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted on our website. 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, please contact Program & Membership Director Kate Lawn at program@germantownjewishcentre.org to be added to our |
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A Tish'ah b'Av Program with Jared Jackon Wednesday, July 29 at 8:00 PM Service & reading of Eicha (Lamentations) after program (approx. 9 PM). Jared Jackson will lead our Tish'a b'Av program this year, focusing on how Black Jews in our community are feeling regarding the responses towards racial injustice. Jared will help us consider
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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, please contact Program & Membership Director Kate Lawn at program@germantownjewishcentre.org to be added to our list. To watch on |
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Calling all teens to a GJC Teen Think Tank! Your voice matters! Please join a 1 hour FUN Zoom gathering, facilitated by our awesome confirmation teacher, Noah Rubin-Blose. Share your ideas for shaping your GJC experience in the coming year. Email Abby to RSVP! |
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The Women of GJC invite you to join us Sunday, August 9, 10:00 am on Zoom for a session on Journaling… for fun, introspection, creativity, inspiration, capturing family experiences or the unique time we live in today, and more. Jean McWilliams, former head of the English Department at Lower Merion High School and experienced journaler |
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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
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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 |
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How can we use the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah to prepare ourselves for the work of the High Holiday season? Join Rabbi Rebecca Richman for a session that will guide us through traditions, rituals, and spiritual practices that we might take on during the Hebrew month of Elul (which starts the night after |
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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 |
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Reflect on the year just lived. Clear pathways for your heart and soul to lead the way into the New Year. Hebrew chant, meditation, and gentle energy movement. Led by Leah Weisman. PLEASE NOTE: Links to services and events are not posted on the GJC website. Rather, daily and weekly schedules with links are emailed |
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Phill Goldberg and Rabbi Elyse Wechterman will share their love of shofar blowing and why it is meaningful to them and then provide lessons and coaching for those who would like to take on this mitzvah this year. Please have a shofar ready and some paper and pens for taking a few "notes." No prior
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Please join the Germantown Jewish Centre Men's Club for a book talk with author Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison. Rava said: When assessing one’s life…the Heavenly Tribunal will ask… did you glimpse redemption? (BT Shabbat 31a) The Jewish view of history rests on three pillars: Creation, Revelation, and Redemption. Arguably Redemption stands pre-eminent among the three. |
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Our weekly gatherings follow the Jewish Studio Process, integrating spiritual practice, learning, and creative process. Creating alongside one another, we use materials (everything from tissue paper and oil pastels to acrylic paint and found objects) to explore questions and insights from a given text. We honor studio rules (such as “no comment”) to ensure that
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Curious to learn more about and spend more time immersed in the Jewish Studio Process? Join us for a deep dive into the process, centered around the themes of Elul and the High Holiday season. Bring whatever materials you have at home (crayons, watercolors, scrap paper, recycled items, etc). You do not have to be |
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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
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Join Rabbi Zeff each week online via Zoom for study of the Torah portion and how the medieval commentators understood it. The intent is to have some brief learning about the lens that the ancients brought to Torah, how they understood it, and how that can be helpful for our own lives. All texts will
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For access to ECP Virtual Open House, please contact Kelsey Shea at Ecpassistant@germantownjewishcentre.org. |
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This spirited service (currently offered by Zoom, audio livestream, or video livestream) is led by GJC rabbis who lead us in singing the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat. The spirit of the singing along with the warmth of the community make this a wonderful way to make the transition from the workweek to Shabbat. The Rabbi |
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