C OMMUNITY
SATURDAY, FEB 6
Shiva House
Join Congregation Rodeph Shalom
for a 7 p.m. reading of “Welcome
to The Shiva House,” a 45-minute
theatrical experience using digital
performance, a guided walking
meditation and a companion booklet.

Created by professional playwrights
and congregants Benjamin Behrend
and Logan Schulman, it crystallizes
the necessity of communal gathering,
sharing grief and storytelling. It
will take place virtually. RSVP at
rodephshalom.org/welcome-to-the- shiva-house.

SUNDAY, FEB 7
Virtual Open House
Join Moshava Ba’ir Greater
Philadelphia for a virtual open house
at 11 a.m. Camp Director James
Williams will speak about summer
camp options for kids this year.

Register at bit.ly/MBGPOpenHouse.

MONDAY, FEB 8
Race, Sex and Sports
Join Reform Congregation
Keneseth Israel at 10 a.m. for the
lecture, “The Relationship between
Race, Sex and Sports: How a White,
Male Patriarchy Created a Closed
Industry That Remains Painfully
Repressive.” Speaker Marcus Hayes
has been a sportswriter for 31 years,
the last 26 in Philadelphia for the
Daily News and The Philadelphia
Inquirer. Join Zoom meeting at
us02web.zoom.us/j/863810961. WEDNESDAY, FEB 10
Racism and Anti-Semitism
This Bucks County Kehillah panel
discussion on Zoom covers the
connections between racism and
anti-Semitism. Panelists include:
Robin Burstein, senior associate
regional director of ADL Philadelphia;
Danny Thomas, executive director
of The Peace Center, and Karen
Downer, president, NAACP of Bucks
County. All are welcome, registration
is required. For more information,
email Carrie at buckscounty@
kehillah.jewishphilly.org THURSDAY, FEB 11
The Race for America
“Jews, Race and Religion,” a free
online lecture series off ered by
the Katz Center for Advanced
Judaic Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania, will focus on
intersections of race and religion,
drawing lessons from the history of
anti-Semitism, examining the role
of Jews in the racialized culture of
the United States and exploring the
role of race in Jewish identity. All
events in the series will take place on
Thursdays, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Register
at katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/
blog/jews-race-and-religion. ●
N E W S MAKE R S
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, KleinLife in Northeast Philadelphia
presented “Maybe Even Higher,” an original virtual dance program. Th e program was presented
and choreographed by the ARTIST HOUSE in Philadelphia, led by Artistic Director Asya
Zlatina, who also danced in the presentation. Th e performance was inspired from the children’s
artwork from Th eresienstadt.

“Maybe Even Higher”
performed via Zoom
Photo by Stephanie Hampson
Fift h and sixth graders from Kellman Brown Academy have participated in the “Better Together
in a Box” program since fall, exchanging letters, poems, pictures and gift boxes with residents at
Lions Gate, a retirement community in Voorhees, New Jersey. On Jan. 25, residents and students
joined together via Zoom for a Tu B’Shevat celebration.

Photos by Stephanie Hampson
Iris Needleman and Andrea Poetsch of Th e
Caring Committee collected non-perish-
able food and handbags fi lled with basic
essentials at Shirat Hayam in Ventnor, New
Jersey, to donate to Jewish Family Service of
Atlantic & Cape May Counties as part of its
community assistance programs.

WHAT’S GOING ON
in Jewish Philadelphia?
From left: Iris Needleman and Andrea Poetsch
Courtesy of The Caring Committee
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