HAZAK Screening: “Leaving Memel: Refugees from the Reich”
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HAZAK & Men’s Club: JEWS & BREWS
HAZAK Outing: Save the Date!
GJC's HAZAK (55+) group plans a few special day trips to cultural and natural sites in the area, often to places members have never been (like the Philadelphia Waterworks, Chanticleer Gardens, and the Philadelphia Fabric Museum), and plan tours to institutions such as the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music.
“Being There” Film & Discussion
Simple-minded Chance (Peter Sellers), a gardener who has resided in the Washington, D.C., townhouse of his wealthy employer for his entire life and been educated only by television, is forced to vacate his home when his boss dies. While wandering the streets, he encounters business mogul Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas), who assumes Chance to be...
GJC Celebrates! Hanukah
GJC's annual, beloved event just got even better! Come add your inner light to the night with food, fellowship, and fantastic flair! The latkes will be hot, the games happenin', and the candlelighting sing-a-long happy. The ECP Potluck (GJC Early Childhood Program) begins at 5:30 pm, and the You'll-Like-It-A-Latke Dinner (latkes, soup, latkes, salad, and...
GJC Celebrates! Purim
GJC Celebrates! Simhat Torah
Join in singing & dancing as we read the last words of the Torah and begin anew! Highlights of this multigenerational celebration include:Torah Scavenger Hunt (Unroll the ENTIRE Torah scroll and get searching…), a Torah parade full of marching, singing, and dancing, a Children’s Aliyot where all kids will be called to the Torah for...
Charry Memorial Shabbat Afternoon Program with Rabbi Shai Held
All are invited to a joint kiddush and GJC's annual Charry Memorial Shabbat afternoon program: "'Love Your Neighbor As Yourself': What Are We Actually Being Asked for?" No lesser a figure than R. Akiva declares that “love your neighbor as yourself” is “the great principle of the Torah” (kelal gadol baTorah). Yet Jews have always...
Charry Memorial Potluck and Program with Rabbi Shai Held
Charry Memorial Scholar-in-Residence Workshop with Rabbi Shai Held
"The God of Judaism Is A God of Love": It is one of the last acceptable prejudices in American culture: the God of the "Old Testament" is a God of vengeance, focused on strict justice rather than mercy, given to anger rather than love. This perception is as mistaken as it is widespread. In this...