New Legends
215-237-2955 • Fax: 610-771-0833
rrayzel@shechinah.com Shechinah.com
newlegends.html A local not-for-profi t program
dedicated to Jewish education
through the arts. Th e lineup of
Jewish musical entertainment
includes: Kabbalah, the Musical –
a theater piece
MIRAJ –
women’s a capella trio sings
original Jewish music
mirajtrio.com Shabbat Unplugged –
a musical troupe that performs
Kabbalat Shabbat and
Havdalah services
Th e Shechina Oracle –
readings and music
Th e Shechina Soul Sisters aka
“the Hazzan and the Hillbilly,”–
a duet of a traditionally trained
cantor and a Southern-blues
singing rabbi
Tof B’Yadah–
all-female Jewish band performing
for women’s seders and other
programs and
Healing Services, including
Angelic Bedside Singing –
singing performed in hospital,
hospices or homes.

RAK-DAN Entertainment
215-760-6800 don@rakdan.net
donrakdan@gmail.com rakdan.com
D.J. for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs,
wedding and parties.

Special izing in Israeli, Hasidic
and Jewish music.

Sally Mitlas —
Mitlas Productions, LLC
215-885-8888 • Fax: 215-885-2279
info@MitlasProductions.com MitlasProductions.com
Full service musical entertainment
company providing Klezmer
and Israeli ensembles, popular
American music dance bands
and DJs for special events.

Also, fi lm production–creating
fi lms through a Jewish lens.

Souls on Fire
soulsonfi remusic@gmail.com
soulsonfi remusic.com
Jewish instrumental music for
weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
and concerts.

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157 Highland Circle
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
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The Mens and Boys Store
#10 Fetters Mill Square
Huntington Valley, PA 19006
215-914-2060 Clothing store providing
shatnez testing for clothing
purchased in the store.

SOFER (SCRIBE)
Rabbi Betzalel Katkovsky
Sofer26Stam@gmail.com 267-417-4270 • 718-915-7039
Certifi ed professional Sofer
(Scribe). Checks and sells
mezuzos, tefi llin and
Torah scrolls. Speaks English,
Hebrew and Russian.

TOURS AJC Historic Tour
30 South 15th St., Suite 801
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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INDEX
Associated Services for the Blind
and Visually Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Bucks County Free Synagogue:
A Community for Spiritual Judaism . . 94
A Abrams Hebrew Academy . . . . . . . . . . 88
B B'nai B'rith Liberty Region . . . . . . . . . .108
Buerger Early Learning Center . . . . . . 86
Abramson Care Advisors of Abramson
Center for Jewish Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
B'nai Chaim Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Bakeries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
C Camp Achdus and Bnos Achdus . . . . . 101
BBYO Liberty Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Camp Galil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Abramson Home Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
BBYO Passport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Camp Gan Izzy of Bucks County . . . . . 101
Abramson Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Beit Harambam
Congregation- Sephardic . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Camp Harlam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Abramson Center for
Jewish Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 80, 81, 104
Abramson Medical Adult Day
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Beit Moshe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Abramson Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Beiteinu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Achievement Through Counseling
and Treatment (ACT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Bensalem Jewish Outreach Center . . . . 91
Butchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Camp JRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Camp Kef at the Kaiserman JCC . . . . . 101
Camp Ramah in the Poconos . . . . . . . .102
Cantor Ellie Shaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Adath Israel of the Main Line . . . . . 87, 93
Bensalem Jewish Outreach
Center- Torah Learning Center . . . . . . 86
AEPi Alumni Club- Philadelphia . . . . .103
Beth Am Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cantor Jamie Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Aish Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Beth Chaim Reform
Congregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 93
Cantor Mark E. Kushner. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Aish Village Shul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cantor Howard K. Glantz . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cantor Naomi Hirsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
AJC ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Beth David Reform
Congregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 93
Cantor Scott Borsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
AJC Philadelphia/
South New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 112
Beth Emuna Congregation . . . . . . . . . 93
CARIE: Center for Advocacy for the
Rights and Interests of the Elderly . . . 118
Albert Einstein Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Beth Israel Congregation
of Chester County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 94
Caterers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish
Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Beth Sholom Congregation . . . . . . 87, 94
CBS Community Mikvah
of Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Beth Sholom Preservation
Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Center City Jewish Preschool . . . . . . . . 86
Beth Sholom Synagogue . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Center for Spiritual Well-being . . . . . . 83
Beth Tikvah- B'nai Jeshurun . . . . . 87, 94
Chabad Garden School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Birthright Israel-Taglit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Chabad/Lubavitch Centers . . . . . . . . . . 89
Bnei Akiva of North America . . . . . . . .105
Chai Lifeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Board of Rabbis of Greater
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Challah for Hunger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Boy Scouts of America Cradle
of Liberty Council Jewish
Committee on Scouting . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Chester County Administrative
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
American Associates, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
American Friends of Hebrew
University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
American Friends of
Magen David Adom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
American Friends of the Kaplan
Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
American Technion Society-
Philadelphia Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Amit-Mid-Atlantic Regional Office . . . 112
Anne Frank Theater Project . . . . . . . . . 117
Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 110, 112
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation
of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Bucks County Administrative
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cheder Chabad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The Chevra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Children of Jewish Holocaust
Survivors Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
City of Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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