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SATURDAY, MARCH 6 mcohen@gratz.edu for more
Mentalist David Jaison
Join Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-
El live on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. for a
performance by mentalist David
Jaison. $36 per screen. Call 215-635-
1505 or visit facebook.com/groups/
mbiee.org for more information.

Virtual Havdalah
The Jewish Federation’s Super
Sunday is also on Saturday night,
with a virtual Havdalah featuring
Joey Weisenberg of Hadar’s Rising
Song Institute. Following the 7:30
p.m. service, visit “Schmooze &
Share Rooms” hosted by community
members. To learn more, visit
jewishphilly.org/supersunday or
register by visiting jewishphilly.org/
signup. SUNDAY, MARCH 7
Do a Mitzvah
Drop off a bag of food to one of
the five Mitzvah Food Pantries
across the community or Shir Ami
Congregation in Newtown and
help ensure that those who are
hungry have access to food for
Jewish Federation’s Super Sunday.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit jewishphilly.org/
supersunday to learn more.

Holocaust Teach-In
Gratz College’s online biennial
Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial
Holocaust Teach-In features Art
Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-
winning artist, illustrator and author
of “Maus.” Spiegelman will discuss
his art, comics as a medium and
“Maus,” the Holocaust narrative that
tells the story of his parents’ survival
and his experience as the child of
survivors, at 1 p.m. Cost $18. Call
215-635-7300 ext 155 or
information. Women’s Health Forum
During this free virtual forum hosted
by the Neighborhood Initiatives of
the Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadelphia, participants will learn
from experts in women’s health
through guided meditation and yoga. 3
p.m. Email delawarecounty@kehillah.

jewishphilly.org for more information.

N E W S MAKE R S
The Kehillah of Old York Road hosted the
“Purim CARnival” at Mandell Education
Campus in Elkins Park on Feb. 21. Hundreds
of preregistered participants drove through a
course of COVID-safe stations, with games,
Purim gifts, blow-up animals and more. 
Photos by Jordan Cassway
MONDAY, MARCH 8
Women in Hollywood
Join the Gershman Philadelphia
Jewish Film Festival as film critic
Elizabeth Weitzman shares unknown
stories and rare clips from the last
century of pioneering Jewish women
in Hollywood. This interactive Zoom
discussion will stream at 7 p.m. Email
info@pjff.org for more information.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10
Virtual Bingo
Old York Road Temple-Beth Am
Sisterhood will host virtual bingo
at 7:15 p.m. on Zoom. Cost: $18 per
person includes three bingo cards
and one raffle ticket, $25 per person
includes three bingo cards and five
raffle tickets. For further information,
contact Cindy Garber at cin.garber@
gmail.com. RSVP by March 5.

THURSDAY, MARCH 11
Workshop for Moms
Jewish Family and Children’s
Service will host Rise Gathering’s
CEOs Rachel and Tami for a virtual
self-care workshop for mothers at
8 p.m. Contact JFCS Family Life
Education Associate Sarah Waxman
at swaxman@jfcsphilly.org or
267-804-5888 to register. l
What’s going on in Jewish Philadelphia?
Submit an event or browse our online calendar to find out what’s
happening at local synagogues, community organizations and venues!
On Feb. 25, Tribe 12 hosted “A Very Pandemic Purim,” a Zoom-based humorous retelling of the
Purim story, set during a pandemic.

From top left, clockwise:
Pete DiLorenzo, Rachel
Silverbauer and Brian
Marsden Photo by Ross Weisman
The South Philadelphia
Shtiebel and Jesse Breitbart
hosted a hamentaschen
baking demonstration via
Zoom on Feb. 24.

Jesse Breitbart demonstrates
how to bake hamentaschen.

Photo by Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter
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