“It’s a totally different experience,
a havurah. You don’t just observe,
you participate.”
ALBERTA MARCUS
Alberta Marcus with husband Warren Marcus on their wedding day in 1960
In the havurah’s early years, the couples’ children came of
b’nai mitzvah ages, and Marcus’ son and daughter Sandy Marcus
Lieberman had the experience she didn’t: celebrating becom-
ing b’nai mitzvah among community members. Both children
taught themselves to read Hebrew and read Torah, another
opportunity Marcus missed growing up.

She remembers her son’s d’var Torah on the development of
languages and her daughter’s on women in religion, delivered to
the havurah in a member’s living room. She learned from them
both, she said.

Along with other group members, Marcus learned each Torah
portion, performing weekly skits.

Second only to her 51-year tenure as a founding member
of the Unstructured Synagogue Havurah is her tenure as a
teacher in Philadelphia, where she taught at both private and
public schools for more than 30 years. She was a certified senior
career teacher.

“I just wanted to instill in children the desire to learn,”
Marcus said.

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