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Courtesy of Philly Friendship Circle
1 Photo by Nachi Troodler
Courtesy of Hilary Levine
Courtesy of the Abrams Hebrew Academy
Courtesy of Debbie Zlotnick
Courtesy of Davida Chornock
around town
1 Main Line Reform Temple-Beth Elohim hosted the Heart and Music Reunion Concert featuring Cantor Faryn Rudnick and her 2013 Debbie Friedman Sacred
School of Music Cantorial Class. 2 Federation Housing residents enjoyed their knitting group. 3 Abrams Hebrew Academy students met with Pennsylvania
Gov. Josh Shapiro to advocate for increased funding for security, scholarships and STEM education. 4 On April 30, the Philly Friendship Circle hosted its
annual gala at the Hilton Hotel in Philadelphia. 5 Diane Weintraub, the science department chair and STEM coordinator at Kohelet Yeshiva High School in
Lower Merion, received the Citadel Heart of Learning Award on May 2. 6 American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey board member
Tammy Hertzbach accepted a proclamation celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month from the City of Chester at a city council meeting on May 10.

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bonus digital content
Abrams Hebrew
Academy Eight
Graders Visit Israel
A Photos courtesy of Abrams Hebrew Academy
contingent from Abrams Hebrew Academy in
Yardley that included 22 eighth-grade students
visited Israel between May 1-12, enjoying visits
to multiple popular sites.

The students explored the port of Caesarea, rode
donkeys at Kfar Kedem, visited Tiberias and the Misgav
Am kibbutz, and had a music session in Tzfat. They went
rafting, swimming and boating and spent Shabbat in
Jerusalem. In addition, students volunteered at Pantry Packers,
celebrated Lag B’Omer, visited Ma’arat Hamachpelah in
Hebron, hiked in Ein Gedi and swam in the Dead Sea.

They climbed Masada and visited Yad Vashem.

The academy dedicates a Torah every year — this
is the 22nd year for the trip — while they are in Israel
for graduation. This year, the students dedicated a
Torah to Rabbi Leo Dee who lost his wife, Lucy, and
daughters Maia and Rina in a terrorist attack in the
Jordan Valley during Passover. ■
Twenty-two eighth-grade students
from Abrams Hebrew Academy
spent nearly two weeks in Israel
in early May, visiting popular sites
including Masada and the Dead
Sea. They also dedicated a Torah
to Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and
daughters were killed in a terrorist
attack during Passover.

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