NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhood Programming in Philadelphia
info@jewishphilly.org • jewishphilly.org/kehillah
Alliances of synagogues, community volunteers and representatives from Jewish
community organizations within geographic areas who work together to create
an inspired Jewish community. These neighborhood programming alliances
provide support and collaborations that create bridges between marginally
affiliated Jews and Jewish institutions. They also deliver services and programs
building Jewish community and strengthening Jewish identity.

Bucks County Kehillah • buckscounty@jewishphilly.org
Bux-Mont Kehillah • NShapiro@jewishphilly.org
Center City Kehillah • centercitykehillah@gmail.com • 267-225-8701
Kehillah of Chester Co. • cckehillah@jewishphilly.org • 484-582-0210
Delaware County • aklein@jewishphilly.org
Lower Merion Neighborhood • cheryl.barish.erlick@gmail.com
Northeast Philadelphia Neighborhood • hzaremba@jewishphilly.org
Old York Road Community Organization • KDecker@JewishPhilly.org
Jewish Community of Rhawnhurst (JCOR)
2139 Hoffnagle St., Suite 101 • Philadelphia, PA 19152
215-725-1338 • info@jcor.org • jcor.org
A collaboration of Orthodox synagogues and businesses in Northeast
Philadelphia focused on bringing positive growth in the Rhawnhurst
neighborhood. RECREATION CENTERS
Kaiserman JCC
45 Haverford Road • Wynnewood, PA 19096 • 610-896-7770
kaiserman@phillyjcc.com • phillyjcc.com
Offers a full range of fitness, cultural and educational programs for all ages. The
Conston Fitness Center includes a year-round, heated pool, indoor jogging
track, sauna, steam room, spinning studio and a fully equipped fitness center.

Fitness program highlights include group fitness classes, sports leagues, martial
arts, gymnastics, swimming lessons and personal trainers on staff. Cultural
and educational programs include adult education, and family and holiday
programs, the Robert J. Wilf Preschool and Kindergarten with an infant room,
as well as a comprehensive summer camp program for children ages 4 months
through eighth grade.

Katz JCC
1301 Springdale Road • Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
856-424-4444 • Fax: 856-751-6804 • info@jfedsnj.org • katzjcc.org
Provides social, educational, fitness and wellness programs and events to the
South Jersey and Philadelphia Jewish communities. Activities offered enrich
Jewish culture, heritage, values and lives and welcome individuals of every race,
religion, gender and sexual orientation. Home to the NAEYC accredited Sari
Isdaner Early Childhood Center for children as young as 6 weeks. The JCC
includes a fitness and wellness complex that provides fitness opportunities for
all ages and abilities and after school programs, Just4Kids and JCrew, are the
destinations for children K-8th grades which offer homework help, enrichment
activities, computer lab and creative arts. The center is also home to two South
Jersey day camps, Early Childhood Camps at the Katz JCC for children ages
2-5, and the JCC Camps at Medford for campers ages 3-14. The JCC has also
become a venue for Jewish organizations, children, youth and older adults and
individuals with special needs.

KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia
10100 Jamison Ave • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-698-7300 • info@kleinlife.org • kleinlife.org
For individuals of all ages. Athletic facilities include an indoor pool, indoor
track, sauna, steam room, dance studios, indoor and outdoor basketball courts,
outdoor tennis courts, outdoor intramural fields and a complete cardiovascular
fitness center. Home to KidSpace, summer day camp, Ann Kids Child Care, a
500-seat theater and more.

The Barbara and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center
of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia
345 Montgomery Ave. • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 • 267-314-0909
1-866-JFCS-NOW or 1-866-532-7669 • info@jfcsphilly.org • jfcsphilly.org
Family Life Education – Ongoing community-wide programming is
offered on a variety of relevant issues of importance to the community,
including addition, suicide, parenting, mental health, grief/loss, planning
for college, health and wellness for mature adults, and more.

Teaching Kitchen – Programs include interactive cooking
demonstrations, instruction, and practice to build cooking skills, share
cultural traditions and prepare meals for others in need.

Art Studio – Offers an opportunity for meaningful ways for individuals
to express themselves, for families to connect, and an outlet for those
coping with difficult life experiences.

SECULAR JEWISH GROUPS
Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations
847 Tyson Ave. • Roslyn, PA 19001 • 267-625-2756 • congress@csjo.org • csjo.org
Promotes and supports a secular Jewish identity and way of life. International
membership includes adult communities, Jewish supplementary schools
and individual members. CSJO is dedicated to the historical, cultural, and
ethical aspects of Jewishness, maintaining a Jewish identity that is relevant
to contemporary life, justice and peace and community building and
responsibility. Folkshul Adult Community
P.O. Box 17 • Wyncote, PA 19095
Meets at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
8000 Cherokee St. • Philadelphia, PA 19118
215-248-1550 • Folkshul@folkshul.org • folkshul.org
An inclusive, secular, humanistic, life-long engaged learning community that
invites all who identify as Jewish and/or who choose to learn and participate in
its range of Jewish inspired programs. The curriculum includes topics such as:
Jewish holidays, social action/justice, life cycles, ethics, history, music, dance,
and literature for all ages. Offers weekly Sunday morning classroom programs
for kindergarten through ninth grade students and monthly Sunday Fundays
programs for preschoolers and their families. Offers a personalized student-
driven Bar/Bat Mitzvah program that features an approach to coming of age
with an emphasis on Jewish identity. A Leadership Program for 10th through
12th grade high school students, continues with experiential learning as
student’s serve as classroom and community paid assistants. The Folkshul offers
community holiday and life cycle events. There is an Adult Community that
hosts Sunday morning lectures, holiday celebrations, social justice actions and
events, as well as a Restaurant Club and other off-site activities.

AEPi Alumni Club-Philadelphia
609-289-9667 • PhillyAEPi@gmail.com • facebook.com/aepiphilly
Volunteer-led club that provides opportunities for those in the greater
Philadelphia area to socialize, network, mentor/support local chapters, engage
with other community groups as well as reconnect to the national organization.

Welcomes members of all ages, from several chapters and in various
professions. Makom Kadosh: The Jewish Fellowship of Chester County
thejfcc@gmail.com •thejfcc.org
An independent Jewish community, incorporating qualities of many streams
of Judaism. Twice monthly musical Friday night services followed by pot-luck
dinners. Shabbat morning experiences include walks, meditation, chanting and
storytelling. THE GUIDE 2021/2022
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