CONTENTS
12 CANDLE-LIGHTING
14 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
16 WHICH MONTH MARKS
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR?
18 CAN YOM KIPPUR ATONEMENT
BE ACCOMPLISHED IN
140 CHARACTERS OR LESS?
24 SHABBAT AT HOME
28 GUIDE TO JEWISH HOLIDAYS
57 FEDERATION OFFICES
Before- and After-School
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Other Youth Educational Programs . . . . 81
Colleges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adult and Family Education . . . . . . . . . . 81
Israeli Dancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Museums and Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
83 RELIGIOUS LIFE
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Synagogues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
104 INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL
Minyans and Havurahs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rabbinical Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Congregational Organizations . . . . . . . . . . 87
Jewish Information
and Referral Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers . . . . . . . . . . . 88
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chaplaincy Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Conversion and Interfaith Programs . . . 89
107 COMMERCIAL
DIRECTORY Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kosher Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Eruvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Artists (Ketubah). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Kashrut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Bookstores and Gift Shops. . . . . . . . . . . 113
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Kehillahs: Neighborhood
Collaboratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Life-Cycle Officiants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Funeral and Shivah Arrangements . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Jewish Federation
of Greater Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Neighboring Federations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
58 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adoption and Foster Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Services for People
With Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mikvehs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Funeral Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Mohels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
92 ORGANIZATIONS
Musical Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Charitable Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Shatnez Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sofer (Scribe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Services for New Americans . . . . . . . . . . 65
Community Relations
and Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cultural and Recreational Centers . . . . . 66
Cultural Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
119 INDEX
Services for Senior Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Holocaust Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Programs for
Young Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Support Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
97 ISRAEL
Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Services for the Gay and Lesbian
Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Vocational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Volunteer Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Youth Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
76 EDUCATION
Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Early-Childhood Education. . . . . . . . . . . 76
Synagogue-Based Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Day Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Other Early Childhood Educational
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Thrift Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Government and Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Israel Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Support and Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
99 CULTURE
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
ADVERTISING SECTIONS
34 FOOD AND DINING
35 PARTY AND
ENTERTAINMENT 38 PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES 45 SENIOR LIVING
50 RESOURCE DIRECTORY
116 CLASSIFIEDS
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Radio and Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cultural Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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