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followed by a 7 p.m. Megillah reading,
with teen readers, Shir Joy singing,
and then “The Megillah According to
John Hughes – Esther’s ‘80’s Prom,”
this year’s Purim shpiel. For more
information, call 215-887-8700.

Reform Congregation Keneseth
Israel. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

Mahjong. Old York Road Temple-Beth Am
will host a drop-in mahjong game at
7 p.m. Bring your cards. Mahjong sets
and cards will be for sale.

Call 215-886-8000 for information.

971 Old York Road, Abington.

Adult Megillah Reading.

Purim celebration with tales from the
Megillat Esther. Sample an assortment
of ales, craft beers and other spirits.

Bring a box of pasta to use as your
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Purim Event.

The king’s all shook up in Shushan.

Put your blue suede shoes on and
come get “All Shook Up” with the
Kings of Rock & Roll: Jake Kriger,
Rabbi Adam Zeff and the GJC Choir,
along with the ginchiest G’vanim
groovers and a host of all your
friends for a wild Purim like no other.

grogger and to be donated to the
local food pantry. 7 p.m. For more
information, call 215-886-8000. Old
York Road Temple-Beth Am. 971 Old
York Road, Abington.

Mahjong Strategy Class.

The Sisterhood of Old York Road Temple
– Beth Am will offer a three-week
strategy and defensive playing mahjong
class at 7 p.m. Come learn strategies
and defensive playing techniques. $45.

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7 p.m. Germantown Jewish Centre.

400 W. Ellet St., Philadelphia.

356-5165. Open to all ages. 7 p.m.

55 N. Church Lane, Broomall.

Purim Spiel.

Come hear a retelling of the Purim
story with songs to the tunes from
The Greatest Showman at Temple
Sholom in Broomall. Contact the
temple office with questions at 610-
Purim Event.

Invite your friends and family to
our open house Purim Megillah and
party. We’ll have a live reading of the
Megillah as interpreted and chanted
by Rabbi Robert Alpert. Noisemakers
Jewish Theater History.

Learn the history behind Jewish
theater-making and what makes a
THURSDAY, MARCH 21 play Jewish at 11:15 a.m. Explore topics
ranging from the Purimspiel to the turn
Current Events.

of the last century’s Yiddish theater to
Current events group with Bob Rubin at today’s contemporary Jewish theater.

8:30 a.m. Beth Sholom Congregation. Shir Ami. 101 Richboro Road, Newtown.

8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

Adult Education.

Mommy and Me.

Adult Education: All the President’s
Sherrie Turetsky, director of the School Men (1976) film, presented by Evonne
of Early Learning at Old York Road
and Isaak Kruger. The Washington Post
Temple-Beth Am, will lead a weekly
reporters Bob Woodward and Carl
one-hour “Mommy & Me” class at
Bernstein uncover the details of the
9:30 a.m. 971 Old York Road, Abington. Watergate scandal that leads to President
Richard Nixon’s resignation. $10 per class.

Biblical Commentaries.

For more information, call 215-887-8700.

Study the commentaries found in
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.

the Hertz Chumash, the Etz Hayim
8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

Chumash and the commentaries of
Book Group.

modern biblical scholars to deepen
Come to the book discussion group
our understanding of the first book
of the Bible. Har Zion Temple,
at noon with Rita and MaryAnn, a
1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley.

joint venture program by Northeast
NORC and the Congregations of
Bible Study.

Shaare Shamayim. The book selected
A member of Main Line Reform
is Ghost of Hannah Mendes by
Temple’s clergy leads a discussion of
Naomi Ragen, an American-Israeli
the Tanakh, or Jewish bible, at 11 a.m. modern Orthodox Jewish author
This is an ongoing process, beginning and playwright. $2 donation. Light
with Genesis and proceeding over
refreshments. Call 215-677-1600 for
the course of the year. 10 a.m.

details. Transportation is available
410 Montgomery Ave.,
through Northeast NORC at 215-320-
Wynnewood. 0351. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia.

Call 215-886-8000. 971 Old York Road,
Abington. Call 215-886-8000.

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and a skit by our talented Purim
Players and special guest appearance
by Rabbi Charles Sherman strutting
in costume with the Fralinger String
Band. For details, call the office at
215-635-1505 or email office@mbiee.

org. 7 p.m. at Melrose B’Nai Israel
Emanu-El. 8839 Old York Road,
Elkins Park.

Canasta. Weekly drop-in canasta game at
1 p.m. with the Sisterhood of
Ohev Shalom of Bucks County.

$2 donation. Lessons by request.

Call 215-958-6755 for information.

944 Second Street Pike, Richboro.

Old Comrades Band.

Marches. Show tunes. Overtures.

Join Hilltoppers of Temple Sholom
in Broomall as we welcome the band
Old Comrades. About 30 years ago,
alumni of Abington High School, who
formerly played in the high school band,
decided to get together again to play
music. More alumni heard about the
gathering and wanted to join. Now,
there are more than 36 members in
the band. 1:30 p.m. Free for Hilltoppers
members. Suggested $5 for guests.

Light refreshments will be served.

Contact the temple office with questions
at 610-356-5165. 55 N. Church Lane,
Broomall. 1960s Purim.

Experience the spirit of the 1960s at 5
p.m. at B’nai Abraham Chabad. Dress
in your groovy ’60s outfit or costume
of your choice. Full buffet dinner of
’60s-style food. Live music. Open bar.

Magic show for kids. Admission: Adult
$30, child (2-12) $12. Family max:
$75. 527 Lombard St., Philadelphia. l
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Jewish Speed Dating.

Join us for a night of great conversations
with Jewish singles in their 20s and 30s
at the Infusion Lounge. Check in is at
6:45 p.m. After the speed dating event,
join us for a singles mixer to socialize
more without being timed. Within 24
hours after the event, we’ll email you
your matches. Email or message us at
facebook.com/besinglenomore or at
besinglenomore@gmail.com if you have
questions. 16 S. Second St.,
2nd Floor, Philadelphia.




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COMMUNITYBRIEFS ENGAGEMEN TS
WIENER-BORSACK Lisa and Jack Wiener of Holland, along with
Charlene and Scott Borsack of West Windsor,
New Jersey, announce the engagement of their
children, Stephanie Alyse Wiener and David
Benjamin Borsack.

Sharing the excitement are Stephanie’s grand-
father Don Golden, grandmother Gail Wiener
and sister and brother-in-law, Cayla (Wiener)
and Kevin Osborn. Stephanie is the granddaugh-
ter of the late Gladys Golden and Jerry Wiener.

Also celebrating the couple are David’s grand-
parents Shirley and Sheldon Reich, Barbara and
Leon Borsack, and David’s sister, Erica Borsack.

Stephanie is a global email marketing associate manager for Michael Kors in
New York City, and David has accepted a position, post-graduation from law school,
as an associate with Cole Schotz in its corporate law department.

The couple is planning a 2020 wedding.

GREENBAUM-ZELL Sari and Roy Greenbaum of Bucks County
announce the engagement of their daughter, Nicole
Ivy Greenbaum, to Adam Matthew Zell, son of
Vicki and Brian Zell of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Nicole is a graduate of Princeton University
with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She is
the communications and outreach coordinator
and a senior research grants and contracts spe-
cialist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in
Philadelphia. Adam graduated from Duke University with a
bachelor’s in political science and is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) charter-
holder. He is the chief financial officer for ResinTech in West Berlin, New Jersey.

Sharing in the couple’s happiness are Nicole’s sister and brother-in-law, Erica
Greenbaum and Philip Millspaugh, and Adam’s sisters, Cantor Shanna Zell and
Alyssa Zell.

Nicole is the granddaughter of Frances and the late Sherman (Duff) Greenbaum
and the late Bluma (Blanche) and Henry Z. Boim.

Adam is the grandson of Sarita and the late Samuel R. Zell and the late Shirley
and Harold Ifshin.

A May wedding is planned in Philadelphia.

B IRTH
JONAH AIDEN FALK HEITNER
Sandy and Jerry Heitner of King of Prussia
announce the birth of their fourth grand-
child, Jonah Aiden Falk Heitner, on Feb. 5.

Jonah is the son of Debra Falk and Reese
Heitner, and his maternal grandparents
are Rena and Rick Falk of Highland Park,
New Jersey.

JEWISHEXPONENT.COM KI Rabbi Honored With Rabbinic Chair
REFORM CONGREGATION KENESETH Israel
will honor its longtime rabbi, Lance Sussman, from
April 11-13 with a weekend of events, including the
dedication of a rabbinic chair.

The weekend will celebrate Sussman’s 18 years of
service at the synagogue.

A Shabbat service at 8 p.m. on April 12 will
include the rabbinic chair celebration, as well as
guest speaker Sam Katz, a filmmaker and former
Philadelphia mayoral candidate. Sussman and Katz are working on a documen-
tary about the Philadelphia Jewish experience.

In addition, actor and comedian Kevin Pollak — Moishe Maisel in The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — will perform the following day at 8:30 p.m.

Sussman is the chair-elect of the board of governors of Gratz College, past
president of the Association for Progressive Judaism and former chair of the
Jewish Studies Department at Binghamton University-SUNY, among other posi-
tions. He also has published numerous books and articles.

NMAJH Announces Immigrant Exhibition
“Sara Berman’s Closet” — an installation of an immigrant woman’s belong-
ings — will be the National Museum of American Jewish History’s next special
exhibition. The exhibition, which will run from April 5 through Sept. 2, will include the
museum’s first public art installation at Fifth and Market streets.

“Sara Berman’s Closet,” as adapted from the namesake’s closet in her studio
apartment in New York City’s West Village, was recreated by Maira and Alex
Kalman, her daughter and grandson. The Kalmans’ book of the same title is a
2019 National Jewish Book Award finalist.

A native of Belarus, Berman, who died in 2004, moved to Palestine in 1932
as a young girl, witnessed the creation of Israel and raised her two daughters
there. At the age of 60, she left an unhappy marriage and moved to New York,
where she lived in a studio apartment whose remarkable closet is replicated in
the exhibit.

Reconstructing Judaism Hosts Ethics Conference
Reconstructing Judaism hosted an ethics conference on March 10-11 that
also celebrated the career of Rabbi David Teutsch, a former president of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

The conference at the National Museum of American Jewish History brought
together scholars, rabbis from all four branches and the public to talk about eth-
ical Jewish issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and gender and power
dynamics. Conference participants included Rabbi Julia Watts Belser, who teaches in
the theology department at Georgetown University and focuses on queer theory,
feminist thought and environmental ethics; and Paul Root Wolpe, a professor of
Jewish bioethics and neuroscience at Emory University.

Teutsch founded the Center for Jewish Ethics in 1994, is a former president
of the Society of Jewish Ethics and is recognized for contributions to Jewish
bioethics and speech ethics.

Resolution Touts Pittsburgh Gun Violence Reduction Efforts
Philadelphia City Councilmember Allan Domb introduced a resolution calling
on the state Legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf to recognize the efforts of Pittsburgh
City Councilmembers to protect citizens from acts of gun violence following the
massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue building.

“As a Philadelphia City Council, we must stand up and support the work of
our colleagues in Pittsburgh as they work to protect citizens from gun violence,”
Domb said. “Acts of hate and violence should never be tolerated and as leaders
we must implement common sense measures to safeguard people.” l
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