Jewish Fed. of Greater
Phila. (JFGP)



CONTENTS
10 CANDLE-LIGHTING 12 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
14 POPULATION STUDY DETAILS
AREA’S JEWISH MAKEUP
20 GRATZ COLLEGE CELEBRATES
125 YEARS, FOCUS NOW ONLINE
26 ADL AUDIT: ANTI-SEMITISM IN PA
UP 22% IN 2019
30 PHILADELPHIA’S JEWISH WOMEN
FOUGHT HARD FOR THE RIGHT
TO VOTE
35 ‘MASSIVE EDUCATION’ SOUGHT
AFTER TROUBLING PEW STUDY
61 FEDERATION OFFICES
Scholarship Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Support and Advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
102 CULTURE Adult and Family Education . . . . . . . . . . . 79
81 RELIGIOUS LIFE
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rabbinical Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Congregational Organizations . . . . . . . . . . 84
Radio and Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chabad-Lubavitch Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cultural Arts Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chaplaincy Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Israeli Dancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Museums and Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Eruvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Interfaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Kashrut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
106 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
Life-Cycle Officiants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Neighboring Federations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mohels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
61 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
88 EXPERIENCES
Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adoption and Child Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . 62
College Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Counseling and CARE Management . . . . 62
Programs for
the LGBTQIA+ Community . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Services for People
With Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mikvahs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Recreational Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Secular Jewish Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Services for New Americans . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Social and Membership Groups . . . . . . . . 92
Services for Senior Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sports and Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Support Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Volunteer Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vocational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Youth Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
72 EDUCATION
96 ORGANIZATIONS
Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Charitable Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Early Childhood Education . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Clothing Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Synagogue-Based Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Community Relations
and Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Other Early Childhood Educational
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Day Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
War Veterans Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Before- and After-School
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Other Youth Educational
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Synagogues, Havurahs and Minyans . . . . 81
Jewish Federation
of Greater Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Holocaust Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
100 ISRAEL
Government and Business . . . . . . . . . . 100
Israel Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
107 COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY
Kosher Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Artists (Ketubah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Bookstores and Gift Shops . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Funeral and Shivah
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Funeral Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Musical Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sofer (Scribe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Shatnez Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
115 INDEX
ADVERTISING SECTIONS
38 DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT
40 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
45 REAL ESTATE
46 SENIOR LIVING
51 SCHOOLS AND CAMPS
53 SYNAGOGUES
56 RETAIL
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