There Are Jews Here is a 2016 film about 4 small Jewish communities in middle America. Once sites of vibrant congregations they find themselves needing to adapt to new demographic realities. Using in depth profiles the producers bring us into the lives and the shuls that are effected. Some novel approaches to their problems are
Let’s get together to Strike Up the Band! Saturday March 9 7:30-10:30pm The Women of GJC are bringing together all the greatest musicians from the best Marching Bands, Jazz Bands, Rock and Roll Bands, and Big Bands throughout history to help us celebrate. The 2019 Purim Bash will be the best ever! What are you waiting
This year's Shabbat Morning JAM has been cancelled. We'll see you at Friday Night PRIDE on May 31st for face painting, photo booth, LGBTQ+ reading corner, a musical JAM with Chana Rothman, and Drag Queen Story Time with Eric Jaffe!
The Men’s Club meeting on April 7 will feature architect Sherman Aronson talking about “The Life of Our Building”. It will be in the Canteen Room at 10 am. A tour will be part of it. There is a $5 charge for the brunch.
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The Women of Germantown Jewish Centre invite you to our annual Torah Fund Brunch honoring Yona Diamond Dansky, with speaker Elaine Culbertson, Chair of the Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council. Elaine will be speaking on "Making Connections: How Family Stories Help Us Teach About the Holocaust." Contributions are welcomed at the door. For further information and
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Shavuot celebrates the spring harvest and recalls the revelation of Torah at Mount Sinai. Rooted in a kabbalistic tradition, Jews all around the world spend the night learning. This year, we'll begin our night with communal singing, followed by collective study on the making of sacred learning community. We'll have the chance to daven together,
Visiting scholar Rabbi Haviva will share her journey from Orthodox feminist to post-denominational inter-spiritual rabbinic director of the only pluralist mikveh in Israel, where she creates and officiates intimate personalized ceremony and runs customized group workshops. In addition to sharing from her books, Rabbi Haviva will guide a text study and discussion, exploring the development
For more information, please contact Director of Youth and Families, Abigail Weinberg at educator@germantownjewishcentre.org.
