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APRIL 15–APRIL 21
FRI DAY, A P R I L 15
PARSHA FOR LIFE
THRSDAY, APRIL 21
Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman,
Jewish educator and psychother-
apist at the Institute for Jewish
Ethics, at 9 a.m. for a weekly jour-
ney through the Torah portion of the
week with eternal lessons on per-
sonal growth and spirituality. Go to
ijethics.org/weekly-torah-portion. html to receive the Zoom link and
password. FI LM S C REE NI NG
CHABAD SEDER
Join Chabad of Penn Wynne at 8
p.m. for a fully prepared, inspiring
community Passover seder. The
only time you will ever have to lift
a finger will be to raise your glass.

Cost is $45 for adults, $25 for
children. All are welcome;
discounts available. RSVP at
chabadpennwynne.org/seder. 7571 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia.

M O N DAY, A P R I L 18
MAHJONG GAME
Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Sisterhood invites the community
to join our weekly mahjong game at
7 p.m. Cost is $36 per year or free
with MBIEE Sisterhood membership.

For more information, call 215-635-
1505 or email office@mbiee.org.

8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

“We Survived Together,” a film about the experience of one family’s escape from the ghetto of Krakow,
Poland, during World War II, is being presented by ReadingFilm at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
Boscov Theater on at 6 p.m., with a filmmaker meet-and-greet reception provided with support from the
Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks. Visit goggleworks.org/event/they-survived-together/ for more
information. 201 Washington St., Reading.

TU E S DAY, A PR I L 19
BINGO WITH BARRY
Join Barry at Tabas Kleinlife for an
afternoon of bingo from 12:30-3:30
p.m. on April 19 and 20. Free park-
ing and free to play with snacks
available on April 20. For more
information, call 215-745-3127.

2101 Strahle St., Philadelphia.

HOARDING SUPPORT
DROP-IN Join Jewish Family and Children’s
Service from 4-5 p.m. if you’re an
individual who has completed a prior
hoarding support group program.

To register or for more information
on sliding-scale options, contact
Rivka Goldman at 267-256-2250
or rgoldman@jfcsphilly.org.

WED N E S DAY, A PR I L 20
HOARDING SUPPORT
Join Jewish Family and Children’s
34 Service and like-minded individuals
from April 13–July 27 from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. in a supportive commu-
nity where you will learn tools to
address compulsive acquiring and
saving while deepening your under-
standing of clutter and how you got
here. To register or for more
information on sliding scale
options, contact Rivka Goldman
at 267-256-2250 or
rgoldman@jfcsphilly.org. PASSOVER BBQ
The Congregations of Shaare
Shamayim is holding its annual
Passover BBQ at 6 p.m. Cost for
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adults is $22 per person and $15
for children 13 and younger. Join
your synagogue family for a night
of someone else doing the cooking
and cleaning up. Please call the
CSS office, 215-677-1600,
for details or to make your
reservations. 9768 Verree Road,
Philadelphia. T HU RSDAY, AP RIL 21
BEREAVEMENT GROUP
Jewish Family and Children’s
Service is offering an eight-session
online support group for individu-
als who have suffered the loss of a
loved one. The last session will be
held from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Zoom.

Contact Rivka Goldman at
267-256-2250 or rgoldman@
jfcsphilly.org for more information.

GRATZ LECTURE
Gratz Legal presents “Understanding
and Combatting Hate Crimes” with
speakers Amy Feinman and Shira
Goodman of the Anti-Defamation
League at 1 p.m. The program is
online and in-person simultaneously,
with three 40-minute sessions cost-
ing $72 for attorneys and $25 for
auditors. For more information,
contact mcohen@gratz.edu. 7605
Old York Road, Melrose Park. JE



around town
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Photo by Inna Gulko
1 Courtesy of the Israeli American Counci
2 Courtesy of the Abrams Hebrew Academy
Courtesy of the Kellman Brown Academy
Courtesy of Touro College
Courtesy of the Abrams Hebrew Academy
Out & About
1 The Abrams Hebrew Academy’s seventh- and eighth-grade classes
participated in a science fair. 2 Abrams Hebrew Academy fifth
graders organized a makkah fair to learn about the plagues in Egypt
during Passover. 3 Israeli American Council members collected
and wrapped 200 gifts from community members to distribute
to children at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, in the Chai
Lifeline organization and to kids around the Philadelphia area. 4 The
Kellman Brown Academy in Voorhees, New Jersey, held its annual
Hackathon, and middle school students worked on environmental
solutions such as restoring nature and cleaning the air. 5 Mesivta
High School of Greater Philadelphia’s debating team won the Model
Beis Din Competition, in which Yeshiva high schools debate halachic
dilemmas, in New York City. 6 KleinLife and the Chabad Living
Legacy Program invited the community to learn how to bake matzah.

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