C ommunity
COMMUNITYCALENDAR FRIDAY, JULY 16
Parsha for Life
Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman,
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.

Film Miniseries
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish
Film Festival presents a six-part
virtual miniseries.“Labyrinth of
Peace” will stream two new episodes
each week beginning at 7 p.m. on
July 12 until Aug. 2. Tickets are $10
per two episodes or you could buy
all episodes for $20 at pjff.org/event/
labyrinth-of-peace-eps-1-2/. Shabbat Meditation
Cantor Jacob Agar will lead a
Meditative Kabbalat Shabbat Service
at Beth Sholom Congregation
in Elkins Park at 6 p.m. Visit
bethsholomcongregation.org/ or
call 215-887-1342 for details.

TUESDAY, JULY 20
Abolitionist Workshop
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Southeastern PA is hosting a three-
part workshop series “Visioning
an Abolitionist Olam Haba,” built
around the theory and practice
of transforming the world toward
justice. The first session is at 7 p.m.

Future sessions are on Aug. 17 and
Sept. 14. RSVP for the Zoom event at
bendthearc.us/paaboseries2021. Virtual Tour
Join Jewish National Fund-
USA’s Go North West and Arts &
Entertainment Task Forces at 9
p.m. for a virtual tour of the Western
Galilee led by Michal Shiloah Galnoor.

The tour will feature local artists and
small business owners of this region.

For more information, contact
Sharon Joy, national campaign
director, Los Angeles at sjoy@jnf.org
or 323-964-1400, ext. 810.

N E W S MAKE R S
The musical leaders from the Old York Road congregations joined together July 7 for a Jewish
Music in America Concert at the Mandell Education Campus in Melrose Park.

THURSDAY, JULY 22
History of Adoption
In “American Baby: A Mother, a
Child, and the Shadow History of
Adoption,” author Gabrielle Glaser
demonstrates the power of the
expectations and institutions that
Margaret Erle, 16-year-old daughter
of German-Jewish immigrants in
Washington Heights, faced when she
became pregnant. Glaser and Erle
will host a discussion at 4 p.m. on
loss, love and the search for identity.

Ticket information for the Center for
Jewish History event: Pay what you
wish; register at programs.cjh.org/
tickets/american-baby-2021-07-22 for a Zoom link.

Food Discussion
Part of American Friends of
Rabin Medical Center’s Global
Connections: Navigating the New
Abnormal series, Robert Siegel
(former senior host of NPR’s All
Things Considered) interviews Mark
Bittman (food author & journalist;
special adviser, food policy, Columbia
University), Ruth Reichl (6-time
James Beard Foundation awardee,
former editor-in-chief, Gourmet
magazine), and Mark Fachler and
Monica Klausner (co-founders,
Veestro) at 4 p.m. For further
information, email afrmc@afrmc.org
or call 212-279-2522. l
From left, Mark Daughtry, Cantor Jacob Agar from Beth Sholom Congregation, Hazzan Howard Glantz
from Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Cantor Stephen Freedman from Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El, cantorial
student Sierra Fox from Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, cantorial soloist Rebecca Schwartz from
Congregation Kol Ami and Cantor Elena Zarkh from Old York Road Temple-Beth Am.
Photos by Ed Moses
Cantor Stephen Freedman
Cantorial student Sierra Fox
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