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FRIDAY, AU G . 1 9
PARSHA FOR LIFE
Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman, a
Jewish educator and psychotherapist
at the Institute for Jewish Ethics, at
9 a.m. for a weekly journey through
the Torah portion of the week with
eternal lessons on personal growth
and spirituality. Go to ijethics.org/
weekly-torah-portion.html to receive
the Zoom link and password.

SU N DAY, AU G. 21
CONFERENCE ON JEWISH
GENEALOGY FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
C R A FT BE E R A N D B LU ES
Join Beth Sholom Congregation’s Rabbi David Glanzberg-Krainin and
Cantor Jacob Agar for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service with craft
beer and blues music at 6 p.m. Open to the entire community.

Call 215-887-1342 for information.

The 42nd Annual International
Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies International Conference
on Jewish Genealogy will take
place virtually Aug. 21-25. The
conference will feature more than
240 pre-recorded and livestreamed
class sessions and group meetings.

For more information, contact
publicity@iajgs2022.org. MON DAY, AU G. 22
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 nembership.

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

8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

TU E SDAY, AU G. 23
BINGO WITH BARRY
Join Barry at Tabas Kleinlife for an
afternoon of bingo from 12:30-3:30
p.m. on Aug. 23, 24 and 25. Free
parking and free to play with snacks
available on Aug. 24. For more
information, call 215-745-3127.

2101 Strahle St., Philadelphia.

W E D N E SDAY, AU G. 24
AARP DRIVER COURSE
The Congregations of Shaare
Shamayim is hosting an AARP
Drivers One-Day Refresher course
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sign up for this
refresher course if you have taken
the two-day driver safety course
in the last three years. There will a
small break for lunch. A dairy lunch
is permitted. Payment to AARP is
needed to hold your spot. For more
details, call the synagogue office
at 215-677-1600. 9768 Verree
Road, Philadelphia. JE
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AUGUST 19–AUGUST 24
social announcements
BIRTH ebra and Barry Drossner announce
the birth of their granddaughter
Brooklyn Harper Drossner on June 25.

Brooklyn is the daughter of Alison and
Joshua Drossner of Lutherville-Timonium,
Maryland. Sharing in the joy are grandparents
Lisa and Edel Blumberg; great-grand-
mother Sheila Stein; aunts and uncles
Samantha Blumberg, Eric and Samantha
Drossner, and Matthew Drossner and
Cindy Norris; cousins Maggie, Melody,
Isaac, Haley, Ryan and Clementine;
and great-aunts and uncles, family and
friends. Brooklyn Harper “Hannah Aliza” is
named in loving memory of maternal
grandfather Burton Stein, paternal grandfather Harry Blumberg, maternal
grandmother Henrietta Timmerman and paternal great-grandmother Anne
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AUGUST 18, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM
Photo by Josh Drossner
D BROOKLYN HARPER DROSSNER