A Marisa Awad gown
Name: Jewish Relief Agency
Width: 3.625"
Depth: 4.75"
Color: Black plus one
Comment: Simchas
The Jewish Relief Agency honors the efforts
Ad and Number:
dedication of 00066051
the B’nai Mitzvah students
who, over the past year, did an awesome job
helping to deliver food and a smile to more
than 3,200 needy families each month. Mazel
Tov and thank you all for inviting your friends
and family to join in your mitzvah at JRA!
April 10, May 1,
June 5, & July 10
22 MARCH 31, 2016
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Dennis Fleysh
Beth Sholom Congregation
Julius Murphy
Temple Sholom, Broomall
Ryan Albuck
Beiteinu Tyler Jacobson
Congregation Beth Or
Olivia Steinberg
Temple Adath Israel
Jonah Viroslav
Main Line Reform Temple
Talia Viroslav
Main Line Reform Temple
Jory Hirshman
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
Alia Hirshman
Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
Celia Lourie
Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid
Mia Tomeo
Kenneseth Israel
Aydan Vana
Beit Harambam
Lily Friedman
Tiferet Bet Israel
Jason Harmon
Beth Am Israel
David Harris
Beth Tikvah-B'nai Jeshurun
Harry Lewis
Beth Tikvah-B'nai Jeshurun
Bobby Lynam
Congregation Beth Or
Stephen Edels
Temple Adath Israel
Oliver Otto
Beth Sholom Congregation
Sammy Salz
Congregation B'nai Abraham Sarah Joseph
Temple Sinai, Dresher
Joshua Brown
Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid
Jason Castello
Beth David Reform Congregation
Joshua Fontak
Beth David Reform Congregation
Cobi Goldberg
Congregation Beth Or
Gabe Miller
Brith Shalom, Bethlehem, PA
Eli Werbach
Har Zion Temple
Esther Werbach
Har Zion Temple
David Dunlop
Kol Tzedek
Paige Klein
Congregation Beth Or
SIMCHAS the Jewish state, Awad recalled, “we just
kept referencing how much Bubbe would
have loved this.”
Simona Levithan said her family had a
similar reaction. “When I told her it was
handmade in Israel, what my Jewish mother
said was, ‘OK, we’re sending money to the
right place,’ ” Levithan recalled.

Other brides are surprised that such dar-
ing fashions come from a region better
known for covered heads than bared
midriffs. Bilon Geiger, whose gown featured
a lace-framed bare back and a plunging
neckline, had an image of Israeli fashion as
somewhat conservative — an impression
her family shared, until they all paid a visit
to The Wedding Factor. “When I first came
out of the dressing room, my sister’s jaw
dropped,” Geiger recalled. “She was like, ‘Are
you really going to show that much on your
wedding day?’ ”
Geiger was; she was deeply, truly in
love. “I was like, ‘Yes, this is going to be
my gown,’ ” said the Philadelphia-bred
bride. “And that’s one thing about my wed-
ding I feel extremely confident about. I
looked amazing.” l
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