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COMMUNITYCALENDAR FRIDAY, MAY 28
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
Zoom link and password.

TUESDAY, JUNE 1
Jewish Book Club
Golden Slipper Gems will host a
book club meeting with instructor
Rabbi Eric Yanoff to discuss Israeli
novelist Yochi Brandes’ “The
Orchard,” at 11 a.m. Cost is $25.

Brandes assumes the narrative
viewpoint of Rachel, the wife of the
mystical, at times radical, Rabbi
Akiva, in the period just after the
destruction of the Second Temple
in Jerusalem. Call 610-359-8632 for
more information.

Genocide Paradigm
Golden Slipper Gems will host a
four-session course to examine
the history of the United Nation’s
1948/2002 definition of genocide.

Instructor Tim Horner of the Villanova
University Center for Peace and
Justice Education will also propose
a new paradigm for understanding
genocide, based on a cross-
disciplinary approach to this complex
human phenomenon. Cost $34. Call
610-359-8632 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
God’s Earthquake
The Aquarian Minyan Yeshiva
will host a talk about Rabbi Arthur
Waskow’s latest book, “Dancing
in God’s Earthquake: The Coming
Transformation of Religion” on
Zoom at 2 p.m. Donations requested
but not required. Register at
aquarianminyan.com/civicrm/event/ register?reset=1&id=15665.

Support Group
This Jewish Family and Children’s
Service support group is for anyone
who is a relative of an LGBTQ
individual — grandparent, child,
cousin, parent — and is looking for
a space to process. This group is a
safe place to ask questions, express
emotions and learn from other folks
in similar places. Zoom starts at 6:30
p.m. For more information, contact
Galia Godel at ggodel@jfcsphilly.org.

N E W S MAKE R S
Beth Sholom Congregation held a gala
concert in honor of essential workers and
“everyday heroes” on May 23. The concert
featured a performance from Six13, a
Jewish a cappella group from New York
City. From left, members of Six13: Mike Boxer, Hillel
Landman, Josh Sauer, Jacob Spadaro, Nathaniel
Ribner and Lior Melnick
Photos by Elliot Miller
On May 20, a newly formed Israel advocacy group called Old York Road Pro-Israel Alliance
demonstrated in support of Israel on Old York Road.

THURSDAY, JUNE 3
Jewish Enlightenment
The Leo Baeck Institute - New
York will host three scholars for a
virtual discussion about how the
Jewish Enlightenment offered new
answers to old questions about
whether Jewishness was primarily a
nationality or a religion, especially
in the context of the Protestant
conception of religion as a private
matter of individual faith. Register
for the 2 p.m. event at lbi.org. l
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Photo by Don Sable
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties received a $5,000 grant on behalf of
ACME Markets Foundation’s 130 Days of Giving Nourishing Neighbors Campaign, in celebration
of ACME’s 130th anniversary. The grant will be used to stock JFS’ Pantry with hearty foods and
basic essentials for community
residents in need.

From left: Lisa Yaede, ACME
store manager in Ventnor, and
Matt Juhring, ACME district
manager, present a $5,000 check
to Beth Joseph, senior director of
communications & donor relations
at Jewish Family Service of Atlantic
& Cape May Counties.

Courtesy of Jewish Family Service of
Atlantic & Cape May Counties
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