C ommunity
COMMUNITYCALENDAR SUNDAY, OCT. 10
Walk Against Hate
The Anti-Defamation League
Philadelphia will take a step in the
right direction for a 12th consecutive
year. However you move, register
for ADL’s Walk Against Hate today.

Want to organize a community walk?
Email WalkPHL@adl.org. For more
information, visit walkagainsthate.

org/philadelphia. Chanukah Shopping
Come one, come all to the Beth
Or Chanukah Bazaar sponsored by
Sisterhood. From 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
pick from a variety of vendors selling
clothes, jewelry, gifts, dog treats,
pickles, kosher foods, stationery and
more. For more information, contact
Sherry Spector at sspector1949@
gmail.com. 239 Welsh Road,
Maple Glen.

Urology Lecture
Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Men’s Club will host Dr. Steven J.

Hirschberg, fellow of the American
College of Surgeons and Chief of
Male Reproductive Medicine at the
Toll Center for Reproductive Sciences,
Abington Hospital. He will speak
about and answer questions about
men’s health and urologic issues. The
program is open to men and women.

10:30 a.m. Call 215-645-1505 or visit
mbiee.org for more information.

8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.

Genealogy Lecture
Join the Jewish Genealogical
and Archival Society of Greater
Philadelphia for our annual Steve
Shechter Memorial Lecture. Robert
Watson, historian, author and
professor at Lynn University, will
present “Truman and Israel: The
Behind-the-Scenes Story of Statehood
in 1948” on Zoom. Official program
starts promptly at 1:30 p.m. with a
tribute to Steve Schecter. jgasgp.org.

Writing Course
Briya Project will host a weekly
course of eight two-hour class
sessions from 6-8 p.m. until Oct. 31.

We will gather on Zoom for moments
of ritual and writing, to harness our
creative spirits, seek our artistic
voices and let them speak out.

Register at tickettailor.com/events/
briyaproject/564066/. JNF-USA Conference
Jewish National Fund-USA’s national
conference is now virtual. Join JNF-
USA for one hour each evening at 7
p.m. from Oct. 10-14 as we bring the
land of Israel to your home. Enjoy a
side of Israel you have never seen
with the help of a licensed tour guide.

Visit jnf.org/nc to register.

Menstruation Lecture
Join Moving Traditions’ virtual
conversation with Anita Diamant,
bestselling author of “Period. End
of Sentence.”, featuring two Kol
Koleinu teen feminist fellows. The
webinar will help parents and Jewish
educators break through the taboo
and have conversations to support
preteens and teens who menstruate.

Preteens and teens are welcome.

7 p.m. Visit movingtraditions.org/
advancing-menstrual-justice/. TUESDAY, OCT. 12
Sisterhood Meeting
The Sisterhood of Congregations
of Shaare Shamayim will host a
virtual general meeting at 7:30
p.m. The program is “Let’s Talk
Retirement: A Conversation About
Important Financial Topics.” There is
no charge, but we need your email
address, so we can send you the
meeting link. Contact the synagogue
office at 215-677-1600 for further
details. 9768 Verree Road.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13
Global Connections
Robert Siegel (former senior host
of NPR’s “All Things Considered”
for 31 years) interviews Dr. Kenneth
Offit (chief, Clinical Genetics Service,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center), Susan Domchek (executive
director, Basser Center for BRCA,
University of Pennsylvania), and Dr.

N E W S MAKE R S
David Margel (Institute of Urology and
founder of Male BRCA Clinic, Israel’s
Rabin Medical Center) on what to do
when you have cancer in your family.

4 p.m. Free registration: rb.gy/iljlra.

Parenting Workshop
Learn practical and effective
methods to address this past year’s
challenges on young kids. Join
Jewish Family and Children’s
Service and parenting consultant
Julie King from 7:30-9:30 p.m. for
this four-part program for parents
and caregivers of children ages 2
to 7. Additional workshop sessions
on Oct. 20 and 27. $209 for an
individual, $309 for a couple.

Contact Sharon Schwartz at
sschwartz@jfcsphilly.org or
267-256-2112. American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern NJ
leaders gathered with AJC CEO David Harris outdoors in the
Congregation Rodeph Shalom sukkah on Sept. 28 to discuss
AJC’s advocacy work and the role that everyone can play in
reaching out to elected officials. Harris shared several recent AJC
“success” stories in critical areas.

AJC leaders gather with AJC CEO David Harris in the Congregation
Rodeph Shalom sukkah
THURSDAY, OCT. 14
Film Screening
A California history teacher
conducted a class exercise to teach
his students how easy it is to be
seduced by power and succumb to
fascist rule; he never envisioned
his “Third Wave” experiment would
end in a global scandal. Gershman
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
will stream “The Invisible Line”
for seven days, or you can see it
in-person at Gratz College (Mandell
Education Campus) at 7 p.m. pjff.org/
event/the-invisible-line/. Bend the Arc Meeting
Join Bend the Arc for an evening
of focused movement-building in
South Jersey. Learn more about the
Moral Minyan, ideas for action and
start thinking about your role in the
movement. 7:30 p.m.; register at
bendthearc.us/southjersey_signup by the Tuesday before.

Gratz@Home Join speaker Herb Kaufman at 7:30
p.m. for this Gratz@Home webinar:
“Almost Forgotten: The Heroic
History of Jews in the American
Military.” For more information:
215-635-7300, ext. 155 or
mcohen@gratz.edu. l
Longtime AJC leader Ed Brown poses a question to AJC CEO David
Harris The Kehillah Sunday Soccer League kicked off the first session of
its 11-series program with guest instructor Philadelphia Union
Assistant Coach Pat Noonan. More than 200 kids ages pre-K
through ninth grade play at the Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadelphia’s Mandell Campus each week.

Courtesy of the Kehillah Sunday Soccer League
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