The Whole Megillah
and then some!
Purim 2022 Recap
The costumes are packed and the hamantaschen have been
consumed, but the memories of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Philadelphia’s Kehillot Purim programs are
still very much alive. The neighborhood groups joyfully
reunited for carnivals, parades and volunteer opportunities
after last year’s physically distant celebrations.

The Kehillah of Buxmont brought ht P Purim
i t to th the H Horsham
h Center (formerly the Abramson Center) for Jewish Life
Cent as part o of their Joy of Purim Project. Volunteers delivered
mishloach m manot (Purim gift bags) with goodies, including
cards and cr crafts created by synagogue children, to the
residents on Tuesday,
March 15 and Wednesday, March 16.

Tue It was a packed, wonderful day for Lower
Merion Kehillah’s PurimFest as parents and
children celebrated at the Kaiserman JCC
on Sunday, March 13. The program featured
games, bouncy houses and mask-decorating.

Northeast Jewish Life kept Purim alive throughout
hout the
weekend with a car and walking parade that began
emy on
at Beth Ami and ended at Politz Hebrew Academy
Sunday, March 20. Attendees wore costumes, decorated
ecorated ed
their cars, and brought matanot l’evyonim (charitable
aritable le
gifts for those in need) for the Jewish Federation’s
ation’s n’s
Mitzvah Food Program as well as the Emergency
enc ncy
Response Fund for the crisis in Ukraine. .

The Kehillot are part of the Jewish Federation’s neighborhood
initiative to foster a vibrant Jewish community throughout the Greater
Philadelphia region. To learn more about your Kehillah or community
group, please contact Senior Director of Leadership Development and
Community Engagement Addie Lewis Klein at alewis@jewishphilly.org.

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