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JUNE 16–22
WE D N E S DAY,
JU N E 2 1
NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
STREAMING Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media
announces this summer’s streaming
of the 2nd Annual Jewish New Media
Festival. Couldn’t make it to the festival
in person? Beginning June 21, you can
stream all events from the festival right
from your home. Visit phillyjfm.org for
more information.

FRIDAY, J UN E 16
PARSHA FOR LIFE
DAVID AND ME
David Harris and Alvin Gilens met in
Israel in 1965 and bonded instantly
over their mutual love for Israel and
for photography. The photographs
displayed in this Temple Judea Museum
exhibition through June 30 attest to
their friendship and their talent for
capturing the land and its people.

For more information, contact
tjmuseum@kenesethisrael.org or
215-887-8700. 8339 Old York Road,
Elkins Park.

Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman, a
Jewish educator and psychotherapist
at the Institute for Jewish Ethics, at 9
a.m. for a 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. MUSICAL KABBALAT SHABBAT
Join Beth Sholom Congregation’s
Rabbi David Glanzberg-Krainin, Cantor
Jacob Agar and the band at 6 p.m.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK,
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Jewish Community Radio
with Estelle
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for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat. The
community is welcome to attend. Call
215-887-1342 for information. 8231
Old York Road, Elkins Park.

KI PRIDE SHABBAT
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
presents its Pride Shabbat at 7 p.m.

The synagogue will share music
from LGBTQ+ Jewish composers
who expressed their hopes, dreams
and vision through their music. For
more information, email contact@
kenesethisrael.org or call 215-887-
8700. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

MON DAY, JU N E 1 9
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.

T U E SDAY, JU N E 20
AARP REFRESHER COURSE
The Congregations of Shaare
Shamayim will host an AARP drivers
two-day refresher course through June
21. There are no tests to pass, and
most insurance companies provide a
discount for completing the course.

Payment to AARP is needed to hold
your spot. For more details, call the
synagogue office at 215-677-1600.

9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia.

W E D N E SDAY, JU N E 21
AJC ANNUAL MEETING
American Jewish Committee
Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey’s
annual meeting will feature the
installation of new board members and
officers, followed by the presentation
of the 2023 Human Relations award
recognizing outstanding service to
Jewish and general communities.

For more information, contact 215-
665-2300 or philadelphia@ajc.org.

231 S. Broad St., Philadelphia.

TH U RSDAY, JU N E 22
CANASTA GAME
Ohev Shalom of Bucks County
Sisterhood invites the community to
a weekly canasta game from 1-3 p.m.

Open play is $4. Call 215-968-6755 for
more information. 944 Second Street
Pike, Richboro. ■



Courtesy of Nancy Berger
Courtesy of Debbie Zlotnick
around town
2 Courtesy of Jill Rosen
3 4
5 6
Courtesy of Andrea Cantor
Courtesy of the Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
Photo by Bernie Roseman
1 1 Federation Housing residents gathered for Mother’s Day. 2 Ambler residents Barbara German, a breast cancer survivor, and Nancy Berger made beaded
bracelets and necklaces and sold them for charity, donating the $3,700 they made to the National Breast Cancer Coalition. 3 Jewish Residents’ Council of
Anns Choice hosted Reena Freidman, an adjunct professor of Jewish history at Gratz College, to discuss the historical development of the four major Jewish
religious movements in the U.S. 4 Students of the Goodblatt Academy took a mikveh tour at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood. 5 The NFI & The
Brown Family Fore Charity Golf Tournament, benefitting the Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties and the Milton & Betty Katz Jewish
Community Center, raised more than $135,000 to support both agencies. 6 The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Women of Vision group held its
annual spring event on May 23 at Congregation Rodeph Shalom.

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