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HAVDALAH AND CONCERT
Join Kesher Israel Congregation for
Havdalah and a concert at 7:30 p.m.
featuring Jacob Spike Kraus, a singer/
songwriter, educator and innovator. For
more information, contact shalom@
kesher-israel.org or 610-696-7210.
1000 Pottstown Pike, West Chester.
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DAVID AND ME
David Harris and Alvin Gilens met in
Israel in 1965 and bonded instantly
over their mutual love for Israel and
for photography. The photographs
displayed in this Temple Judea Museum
exhibition through June 30 attest to
their friendship and their talent for
capturing the land and its people. For
more information, contact tjmuseum@
kenesethisrael.org or 215-887-8700.
8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.
VOICES OF MEMORY
Join Or Hadash, Keneseth Israel and
the Holocaust Awareness Museum and
Education Center for a Yom HaShoah
program at 11 a.m., featuring Holocaust
historian Dina Lichtman Smith, who
was born in 1948 in Bergen Belsen’s
displaced persons camp, the daughter
of former Auschwitz prisoners. For more
information, contact carolmueller@
gmail.com or 267-625-1187. 190 Camp
Hill Road, Fort Washington.
NAOMI MILLER CONCERT
Naomi Miller began her career in
the international cafes of Greenwich
Village and intermingles her Broadway
numbers with smatterings of other
languages. Temple Beth Sholom and
Hazak will host a concert and dessert
reception, starting at 1 p.m.
For more information, contact
robiebloom@gmail.com or
856-912-7317. 1901 Kresson Road,
Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
DESSERT AND DIALOGUE
Join KleinLife for a free event at 2
p.m. with humorist and psychiatrist
Dr. Joel Schwartz for “Laughter is the
Best Medicine." RSVP is required at
215-832-0671. 10100 Jamison Ave.,
Philadelphia. MONDAY, APRIL 1 7
‘SURVIVORS’ PERFORMANCE
As part of Gratz College’s Yom
HaShoah memorial service, Theatre
Ariel will perform “Survivors,” a
play based on the testimonies of 10
Holocaust survivors from New York,
beginning at 6:15 p.m. For more
information, contact mblechman@
gratz.edu or 215-635-7300.
7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park.
YOM HASHOAH CANDLE
LIGHTING The Philadelphia Holocaust
Remembrance Foundation will host its
fourth Virtual Yellow Candle Lighting
Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. to commemorate
Yom HaShoah. The 45-minute virtual
program will explore artwork from
survivors who have expressed their
personal stories of resilience and loss.
For more information, contact phrf@
antennagroup.com or 551-287-2989.
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APRIL 13, 2023 | JEWISH EXPONENT
SUN DAY, APRIL 1 6
“ALLIANCE” WORLD PREMIERE
Join filmmaker Susan Donnelly for the world premiere of “Alliance,” a
documentary film presenting the history of the Alliance Colony in southern
New Jersey, the first successful Jewish farming colony in America. Screening
is at 12:30 p.m. at the Stockton University campus center. For more
information, contact thomas.kinsella@stockton.edu or 609-652-4419.
101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, New Jersey.
T U E SDAY, APRIL 1 8
SISTERHOOD BOOK CLUB
The Melrose B’Nai Israel Emanu-El
Sisterhood will host its virtual book club
at 2 p.m. We will discuss “An Observant
Woman” by Naomi Regan. For more
information and for the Zoom link,
call the MBIEE office at
215-635-1505. YOM HASHOAH CONCERT
Arcadia University will host a concert
at 7 p.m. commemorating the 6 million
Jews murdered in the Holocaust and
the heroism of survivors and rescuers.
For more information, contact
heifetzs@arccadia.edu or
267-784-6524. 450 S. Easton Road,
Glenside. SISTERHOOD MEETING
The Sisterhood of Congregations of
Shaare Shamayim will host our
April meeting at 7:30 p.m. Cantor
Don Samuels will entertain us with a
vocal medley, accompanied by pianist
Josh Yudkin. Light refreshments will
be served, and there is no charge.
For further information, call the
synagogue office at 215-677-1600.
9768 Verree Road,
Philadelphia. TH U RSDAY, A P RIL 20
JRA FOOD PACKING
Volunteers will assist with Jewish Relief
Agency’s pre-distribution preparation
from 10 a.m.-noon. Volunteers will
tape boxes, pack toiletries and
assemble family-friendly food bags.
For more information about JRA’s
volunteer schedule, visit jewishrelief.
org/calendar. 10980 Dutton Road,
Philadelphia. ‘BEYOND EXODUS’ LECTURE
Join the Delaware Art Museum for a
lecture by Roberto C. Ferrari, curator of
art properties, Columbia University, on
“The Mother of Moses” (1860) by British
Jewish artist Simeon Solomon.
For more information, contact
slynford@delart.org or 302-351-8536.
2301 Kentmere Parkway,
Wilmington, Delaware.
KI SPRING CELEBRATION
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel,
as part of its Spring Celebration,
will host an “Event at the Weitzman
National Museum of American Jewish
History” cocktail reception and
guided tour, starting at 6:30 p.m. For
more information, email contact@
kenesethisrael.org or 215-887-8700. ■
Photo by Bernie Roseman
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6 Courtesy of John Kellar
1 Courtesy of Samuel Domsky
Photo by Bernie Roseman
Courtesy of Stu Coren
Courtesy of N. Aaron Troodler
Courtesy of the Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
around town
1 The Law Offices of Melissa Rosenblum increased its financial support to the Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties. 2 Gratz College
President Zev Eleff lectured on the history of American Judaica to residents at Ann’s Choice in Warminster. 3 Kohelet Yeshiva High School, an Orthodox day
school in Lower Merion, hosted the second annual KoHack event, the only North American yeshiva high school coding hackathon, on March 19 and 20.
4 Beth Tikvah-B’nai Jeshurun in Glenside installed Rabbi Roni Handler as its new spiritual leader. 5 KleinLife partnered with the Golden Slipper Club and
Charities, the Passover League and Health Partners to host a Passover seder for senior members and seniors from surrounding communities.
6 Project HOPE delivered kosher-for-Passover food to 650 people in need.
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