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CONTENTS
12 CANDLE-LIGHTING
14 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
16 JEWISH FEDERATION TO
GAUGE COMMUNITY
IN NEW STUDY
24 NEW PA BUDGET BENEFITS
JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS
28 ISRAEL, PHILLY CONNECT
WITH SISTER CITIES
36 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS;
YOM KIPPUR AND AVOIDING
BEING ‘HANGRY’
79 FEDERATION OFFICES
Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
118 CULTURE
Adult and Family Education . . . . . . . . . . 95
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
97 RELIGIOUS LIFE
Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Jewish Federation
of Greater Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Life-Cycle Officiants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Neighboring Federations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
79 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adoption and Child Welfare . . . . . . . . . . 80
Counseling & Management . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Services for People
With Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Services for New Americans . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Services for Senior Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Support Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vocational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
89 EDUCATION
Early Childhood Education . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Other Early Childhood Educational
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Synagogue-Based Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Day Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Before- and After-School
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Other Youth Educational
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Scholarship Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Synagogues, Havurahs and Minyans . . . . 97
Rabbinical Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Congregational Organizations . . . . . . . . . 101
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chaplaincy Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Eruvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Interfaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Radio and Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cultural Arts Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Israeli Dancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Museums and Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Mohels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
121 INFORMATION
AND REFERRAL
123 COMMERCIAL
DIRECTORY 105 EXPERIENCES
Kosher Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
College Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Artists (Ketubah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Programs for
the LGBTQ&A Community . . . . . . . . . 108
Bookstores and Gift Shops . . . . . . . . . . 128
Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Recreational Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Funeral and Shivah
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Secular Jewish Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Funeral Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Social and Membership Programs . . . . 109
Monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sports and Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Musical Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Volunteer Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sofer (Scribe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Youth Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Shatnez Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
112 ORGANIZATIONS
Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Kashrut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mikvehs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Charitable Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Clothing Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Community Relations
and Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Holocaust Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
War Veterans Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . 115
116 ISRAEL
Government and Business . . . . . . . . . . 116
Israel Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Support and Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
131INDEX ADVERTISING SECTIONS
46 DINING & ENTERTAINMENT
51 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
57 REAL ESTATE
59 SENIOR LIVING
65 SCHOOLS & CAMPS
63 SYNAGOGUES
71 RETAIL
THE GUIDE 2018/2019
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