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MAY 5–11
FRIDAY, M AY 5
KOL ZIMRAH
“Kol Zimrah” means “the sound of
singing.” This musical service, offered
online at 6 p.m., is led by Germantown
Jewish Centre Rabbi Adam Zeff and
Executive Director Nina Peskin and
features original melodies and
kavanot (short spiritual reflections).

venue.streamspot.com/a79c0def. SATU R DAY, M AY 6
SISTERHOOD SHABBAT
Join the Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Sisterhood for our Sisterhood Shabbat
Program, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, contact
office@mbiee.org or 215-635-1505.

8339 Old York Road,
Elkins Park.

MONNDAY, MAY 8
LAG B’OMER BBQ
Congregations of Shaare Shamayim
invite you to join us for a Lag B’Omer
BBQ at 6 p.m. The cost is $12 per person,
and reservations are a must. For more
information, contact the synagogue
office at 215-677-1600. 9768 Verree
Road, Philadelphia.

BOOMERS: SYMPHONY IN C
The Boomers at Congregation Kol Ami
invite you to enjoy a beautiful evening
of music with Symphony in C, one of
the leading young professional
orchestras in the U.S., starting at
8 p.m. For more information, contact
dlisker4@gmail.com or 856-963-6683.

314 Linden St., Camden,
New Jersey.

THEATRE ARIEL PERFORMANCE
In a world where family is everything,
Yehudis and her husband struggle to
have a baby. “To Reach Across a River,”
performed by Theatre Ariel at 8 p.m. at
the Green Hill Condominiums and again
on Sunday at 2 p.m., tells a story as
timeless as Sarah’s and as potent as
the rescue of Moses from the Nile.

For more information, contact
info@theatreariel.org or
610-667-9230. 1001 City Ave.,
Wynnewood. SUNDAY, MAY 7
TASTE OF ISRAEL
Celebrate the culture, people and
food of Israel with an afternoon of
fun for all ages, including a cooking
demonstrations by five-time James
Beard Foundation Award-winning chef
Michael Solomonov. This event is part
of the Jewish Federation’s Israel 75
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celebrations. For more information,
contact israel75@jewishphilly.org or
215-832-0547. 45 Haverford Road,
Wynnewood. T U E SDAY, MAY 9
DISCUSSION WITH ISRAELI
MEMOIRIST Ilana Blumberg is author of “Houses
of Study: A Jewish Woman Among
Books”; “Victorian Sacrifice: Ethics and
Economics in Mid-Century Novels”;
and “Open Your Hand: Teaching as a
Jew, Teaching as an American.” She will
speak at Drexel University at 12:30 p.m.

For more information, contact hpi22@
drexel.edu or 267-278-9541. 3300
Market St., Philadelphia.

WRITING WORKSHOP
Molly Antopol’s first book, “The
UnAmericans” (W.W. Norton), won
the New York Public Library’s Young
Lions Fiction Award, a National Book
Foundation 5 Under 35 Award and the
Berlin Prize, among others. She will
give a reading and writing workshop at
Drexel University at 3:30 p.m. For more
information, contact hpi22@drexel.

edu or 267-278-9541. 3300 Market
St., Philadelphia.

TH U RSDAY, M AY 1 1
UKRAINIAN POET TALK
The war in Ukraine has been raging for
a long time, and Lyudmyla Khersonska,
a poet from Odesa, has been
chronicling it fiercely in her poems.

Drexel University will host a reading
with Khersonska at 2 p.m. For more
information, contact hpi22@drexel.

edu or 267-278-9541. 3300 Market
St., Philadelphia.

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.

JEWISH SPEED DATING
Join Be Single No More for a
night of speed dating with Jewish
singles in their 20s and 30s at
the Infusion Lounge from 7-9 p.m.

Contact besinglenomore@gmail.

com or message us at facebook.

com/besinglenomore with any
questions. 16 S. Second St., 2nd floor,
Philadelphia. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM
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