CONTENTS
Other Early Childhood Educational
12 CANDLE-LIGHTING
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
14 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
Synagogue-Based 16 NINE WAYS TO CELEBRATE THE Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Day Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HIGH HOLIDAYS WITHOUT
Before- and After-School
STEPPING FOOT IN A SHUL
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
22 PASSING LOVE
Other Youth Educational Programs . . . . 85
AND TRADITIONS:
Scholarship Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MY GRANDMOTHER
Colleges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
BEAUTY’S CHICKEN SOUP
Adult and Family Education . . . . . . . . . . 86
WITH A KICK
88 RELIGIOUS LIFE
28 CAN DIFFERENT JEWS UNITE
Synagogues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS?
Minyans and Havurahs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
62 FEDERATION OFFICES
Rabbinical Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Jewish Federation
of Greater Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Neighboring Federations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
63 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adoption and Foster Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Counseling & Management . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Services for People
With Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Services for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Queer
Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Services for New Americans . . . . . . . . . . 70
Radio and Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cultural Arts Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Israeli Dancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Museums and Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
107 INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL
108 COMMERCIAL
DIRECTORY Kosher Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chaplaincy Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Artists (Ketubah). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Conversion and Interfaith Programs . . . 93
Bookstores and Gift Shops. . . . . . . . . . . 113
Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Eruvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Funeral and Shivah
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Kashrut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Funeral Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Life-Cycle Officiants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Musical Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Mikvehs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Shatnez Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Mohels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sofer (Scribe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
97 ORGANIZATIONS
Charitable Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Community Relations
and Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Services for Senior Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Secular Jewish Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Programs for
Young Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Holocaust Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vocational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
101 ISRAEL
Volunteer Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Government and Business . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Youth Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Israel Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
80 EDUCATION
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Congregational Organizations . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cultural and Recreational Centers . . . . . 70
Support Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Support and Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
103 CULTURE
Early-Childhood Education. . . . . . . . . . . 81
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Thrift Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
118 INDEX
ADVERTISING SECTIONS
37 FOOD AND DINING
39 PARTY AND
ENTERTAINMENT 41 PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES 49 SENIOR LIVING
53 RESOURCE DIRECTORY
116 CLASSIFIEDS
Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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