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MAY 2–18
FRIDAY, M AY 1 2
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.

PARSHA FOR LIFE
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.

for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat. The
community is welcome to attend.

Call 215-887-1342 for information.

8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

M ON DAY, M AY 15
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.

TUESDAY, MAY 1 6
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Robert Siegel (former senior host
of NPR’s “All Things Considered”)
will interview Dr. Felix Benninger
(Rabin Medical Center, Israel), Laura
L. Carstensen (Stanford Center on
Longevity) and Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
(Yale School of Management) as part
of “Global Connections: How Old is
Too Old to Work and to Lead?” at 4
p.m. Register at globalconnections.

splashthat.com. GRATZ COLLEGE LECTURE
Ayal Feinberg, incoming director for
the Center for Holocaust Studies and
Human Rights at Gratz College, will
lecture on “The Knots that Bind: The
Holocaust, Israel and Contemporary
Antisemitism,” at Gratz at 7 p.m.

For more information, contact
mcohen@gratz.edu or 215-635-7300.

7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park.

SISTERHOOD MEETING
The Sisterhood of Congregations
of Shaare Shamayim will host our
general May meeting at 7 p.m., with the
program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Lynn
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THURSDAY, MAY 16
SISTERHOOD TRIP
The Sisterhood of Congregations of Shaare Shamayim will go to the
Bryn Athyn Cathedral at 1 p.m. We are scheduled for the 45-minute tour,
and this trip is open to all. For more information, call the synagogue office
at 215-677-1600. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia.

associate professor at Drexel University
who will speak about her new collection
of short stories. For more information,
call the synagogue office at
215-677-1600. 9768 Verree Road,
Philadelphia. T H U RSDAY, MAY 18
JRA FOOD PACKING
Volunteers will assist with Jewish Relief
Agency’s pre-distribution preparation
from 10 a.m.-noon. Volunteers will
tape boxes, pack toiletries and
assemble family-friendly food bags.

For more information about JRA’s
volunteer schedule, visit jewishrelief.

org/calendar. 10980 Dutton Road,
Philadelphia. 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.

NETFLIX AT KLEINLIFE
Join KleinLife Rhawnhurst in the
Tabas Community Room from
2-3 p.m. for a showing of Netflix’s
“Breaking Bad.” There will be popcorn.

For more information, contact
kleinliferhawnhurst@gmail.com or 215-745-1201. 2101 Strahle St.,
Philadelphia. EARLY HEBREW BOOKS
This 6 p.m. tour at the Rosenbach
Museum and Library examines artifacts
of the Gratz family of Philadelphia and
asks how they learned the ways of this
new world and made it their home.

For more information, contact
info@rosenbach.org or 215-732-1600.

2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. ■