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FRIDAY, JAN 15
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Join the Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-
El Kehillah for an exciting, interactive
and musical Kabbalat Shabbat and
Maariv service with Cantor Stephen
Freedman. 3:30 p.m. at facebook.

com/groups/mbiee.org. For more
information, call 215-635-1505.

SUNDAY, JAN 17
Read All About It
Join Jewish Genealogical and
Archival Society in Greater
Philadelphia at 1 p.m. for a virtual
meeting about using Newspapers.com
to research family history. Host Sharon
Taylor’s roots lay in Mariampol, a
typical small town in eastern Galicia
(today western Ukraine), and in
Philadelphia. Turning to Newspapers.

com, Taylor explored the tale of
her great-uncle’s kidnapping by the
Russian Army. Meetings are for paid
members only. Visit jgsgp.org or
contact membership@jgsgp.org for
more information..

TUESDAY, JAN 19
Higher and Higher
Join Cantor Stephen Freedman of
Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Kehillah for his continuing virtual
prayer series, These Are A Few Of My
Favorite Prayers, at facebook.com/
groups/mbiee.org at 1 p.m. Call
215-635-1505 for more information.

Disaster: Financial Preparation
Join JEVS Career Strategies &
Career Solutions for a series
of financial education webinars
geared toward those 55 and up
in partnership with Citizens Bank.

This session’s topic is preparing for
financial disasters or unexpected loss
of ability to manage your finances.

RSVP at jevshumanservices.org/
finance0119 to join the noon event.

N E W S MAKE R S
Israel Defense Forces Staff Sgt. Ben (last name
withheld), from Souderton, who serves as an Iron
Dome combat soldier, prepares for Chanukah.

There are about 1,000 Lone Soldiers from the
United States and 41 native Pennsylvanians
serving as Lone Soldiers in the IDF.

Courtesy of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
WEDNESDAY, JAN 20
WellnessMatters During the month of January, access
the Wellness Experience Library,
including exercise classes from
yoga to HIIT workouts, calming
meditations, expert tips and DIY
self-care. For more information,
contact JAFCO FamilyMatters
Events Manager Melanie Foldes at
melanie@familymattersnetwork.org or 267-637-0210.

THURSDAY, JAN 21
Your Income and Expenses
Join JEVS Career Strategies &
Career Solutions for a series
of financial education webinars
geared toward those aged 55 and
up in partnership with Citizens
Bank. This session’s topic is
learning the benefits of tracking
and understanding money
coming in and going out. RSVP at
jevshumanservices.org/finance0121 to join the noon event. l
Members of Congregation Brothers of Israel
raised $6,720 for food banks during December.

Half was donated to the BCHG Community
Food Pantry at Penndel, and the other half went
to the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s
Mitzvah Food Pantry at Congregation Tifereth
Israel. From left: Brian Gralnick, director of social
responsibility for the Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia, with Rabbi Aaron Gaber
At the BCHG Community Food Pantry at Penndel,
from left: Dave Marino, Bev Trautwein, Kathy Korhonen,
Rabbi Aaron Gaber, Fred Gropper and Joyce Leichliter
Courtesy of Congregation Brothers of Israel
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