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.

Institute for Jewish Ethics
Jewish Learning Venture
215-782-8878 IJE@IJEthics.org
IJEthics.org The Pavilion
261 Old York Road, Suite 720
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-320-0360 info@jewishlearningventure.org
jewishlearningventure.org Offers classes, seminars and guidance on
Jewish ethics and an outlook for living.

Open to people of all backgrounds. PA
accredited provider of Continuing Legal
Education. OpenDor Media
888-515-5292 opendormedia.org
Creates and distributes innovative feature
films and film-based educational programs
with the goal of making young Jews feel
proud of being Jewish and connected
to Israel.

Jewish Children’s Folkshul
and Adult Community
P.O. Box 17
Wyncote, PA 19095
215-248-1550 Meets at Springside Chestnut Hill
Academy 8000 Cherokee St.

Philadelphia,PA 19118
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
JKIDPHILLY connects families with
infants and young children up to age
12 to the people, happenings, resources
and voices of our Jewish community
through programs, and relationship-
building activities. The website includes
a community calendar of events and
programs, holiday resources and a
searchable directory for schools and early-
childhood education programs. rcohen@
jewishlearningventure.org PJ LIBRARY AND PJ OUR WAY
supports families on their Jewish journey
by sending Jewish-content books and
music on a monthly basis to children ages
6 months to 12 years living in the Greater
Philadelphia area. The program is funded
by Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Jewish
Learning Venture, Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia and private donors.

Jewish Relationships Initiative
484-679-6402 RabbiDavidLevin@gmail.com
JewishRelationshipsInitiative.com Dedicated to outreach and engagement.

Connecting, teaching and carrying out
Jewish life-cycle events.

LifeLong Learning Program
KleinLife 10100 Jamison Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-698-7300 kleinlife.org
and: KleinLife: Montgomery County
7763 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA
215-635-5244 kleinlifemc.org
Offers adult-education classes on diverse
subjects, trips, cultural and educational
programming, and other activities of
interest to adults and senior adults.

Lubavitch/Chabad Centers
Open to all Jews. Provides Shabbat
and holiday programs, educational
programs, celebrations and other
religious observances geared to children,
adults and families. See other Chabad/
Lubavitch organizations in the chapter on
Religious Life.

Mekom Torah
P.O. Box 178
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-368-4065 mekomtorah.org
Rabbi Helen Plotkin
info@mekomtorah.org Jewish learning for adults, families and
teens. Online and in-person study groups
for people who are ready to deepen their
knowledge of Judaism, engage in vibrant
discussion, or learn Hebrew for American
Jewish life. Learning for life cycles events.

CAMPS & EDUCATION
Post-doctoral research center whose
studies concentrate on Jewish civilization
in all its historical and cultural
manifestations. The Center’s fellows,
who are visiting scholars from around the
globe, address local congregations and
schools with talks and lectures about their
areas of expertise.

Moving Traditions
8380 Old York Road, Suite 4300
Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-4511 info@movingtraditions.org
movingtraditions.org Creates experiences that inspire Jewish
teens to explore fundamental questions of
identity and society. The programs help
teens reach their potential by connecting
relevant content with enduring Jewish
values, and by fostering positive peer-to-
peer relationships through trained
mentors. Programs include: Rosh Hodesh,
Shevet Achim, transgender/nonbinary
online group, b’nai mitzvah group and
@13 podcasts.

The New Shul
215-385-0778 info@ newshulofamerica.org
facebook.com/groups/ TheNewShulPhilly
An emerging community, from all streams
of Jewish life, dedicated to building
something new with the study of the
Jewish story as its guide.

Philadelphia Community Kollel
364 Montgomery Ave.

Merion Station, PA 19066
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