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Upcoming events

    • Wednesday, March 01, 2023
    • Wednesday, February 07, 2024
    • 50 sessions
    • Zoom


    Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir members are invited to join our weekly Shamanu sessions.  LHI member Joanne Perilstein offers a brief kavanah / intention / learning to prompt heartfelt sharing of our experiences, feelings, thoughts, wishes and memories. Facilitation is done by member Wendy Jordan and others.  And we will listen.

    Zoom information is automatically sent to all members.  Registration is not required.


    • Monday, August 14, 2023
    • Monday, May 13, 2024
    • 10 sessions
    • Zoom

    All LHI members are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate in our monthly Council meeting, when we discuss programs, business matters and other topics of interest to our congregation.

    Registration is not required.  The Zoom access info will be sent by email to all members over the listserver, leyvhair@googlegroups.com.




    • Friday, December 08, 2023
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. We'll also celebrate Hanukah at this service.  It is our tradition for people to bring their Hanukiah (menorahs) which we will light together.  We also plan to serve latkes and more after the service.
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own Hanukiah, candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration.
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members. 

    Guests should register here to receive the Zoom info or attend in person. 

    • Wednesday, December 13, 2023
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Join with the women of Leyv Ha-Ir as we celebrate the new moon.  Following a time-honored Jewish tradition, we will learn and share as we develop our own agenda. Come prepared to feel empowered as we offer you an opportunity to grow from the inside out based on concerns, issues and interests that our members bring to the group.

    We hope to provide unique opportunities for women to share experiences in hopes of creating bonds with one another.

    We look forward to sharing and caring together.

    For more information or if you are interested in helping to facilitate a monthly meeting, please reach out to either Evy Simon or Donna Butler.

    Members will receive the Zoom access information automatically.  Guests are welcome, and should register here at least one day in advance to receive the Zoom information.  There is no charge for this program, although guest donations are welcome.

    • Sunday, December 17, 2023
    • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    • Zoom
    Registration is closed

    In congregations around the world, every fall, Jewish communities read the early chapters of the Book of Genesis, the first of the five books of Moses. One of these early stories is the story of Noah and the Ark. Many of us grew up on this story, played with miniature models of the ark, arranged the tiny paired animals and played make believe with the toy figures of the family of Noah. This fall, in a three-part education series, we will mine this story for what it has to say about climate crisis. We will ask the audacious question, “Are the lessons we learned from the Noah story actually helpful in this day and age?”

    Session Three - Noah’s Ark: a happy children’s story or a moral drama to be re-told in every generation? 

    You can attend this session even if you did not attend Sessions One or Two.

    If we are ready to move beyond the happy children’s story for little kids, what is the story we want to tell about the threat of environmental disaster, refuge and redemption today? Who and what will be included? What is the ark? What old messages do we have to leave behind in order to sustain thriving ecologies that include humans on this planet? Our resource for today is a brief video by two scholars, one from Arizona State University and one from the University of Delaware. The video is less than ten minutes long and it includes dozens of images depicting artistic renderings of Noah’s ark from centuries past. 

    Take a piece of paper and draw your own one-page version of the story of Noah’s ark (your artistic talent is not the point here.) Be prepared to hold up your picture for all to see.

    What did earlier generations of artists notice about the story that is not highlighted in the cheerful little kid version?

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Monday, December 18, 2023
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We will meet on the the third Monday of the month, December 18, Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET in order to avoid holiday conflicts.  

    In December, the Book Group is discussing Shanda by Letty Cottin Pogrebin. 

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Friday, January 19, 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. 
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members.  Guests must register here to receive the Zoom info. 

    • Monday, January 22, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, January 22, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In January, the Book Group is discussing The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. 

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Friday, February 16, 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. 
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members.  Guests must register here to receive the Zoom info. 

    • Monday, February 26, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, February 26, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In February, the Book Group is discussing The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan. 

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Friday, March 08, 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. 
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members.  Guests must register here to receive the Zoom info. 

    • Sunday, March 24, 2024
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Registration is closed

    Purim in person and on Zoom!


    Bring some joy into your life, as we are commanded to do in the month of Adar! Rabbi Julie and Avra will lead us in Purim blessings, Megillah reading and song.  More info to follow...


    Members and guests are welcome. Grab your groggers (boxes of pasta work, too), maybe a drink or a hamantashen, and be there!

    All members will receive the Zoom link.  Guests may register here to attend in person and receive the link.

    There is no charge for this event.  Donations are always welcome here.

    • Monday, March 25, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, March 25, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In February, the Book Group is discussing Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris. 

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Friday, April 12, 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. 
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members.  Guests must register here to receive the Zoom info. 

    • Monday, April 22, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, April 22, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In April, the Book Group is discussing Einstein and the Rabbi, Searching for the Soul by Naomi Levy. 

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Friday, May 10, 2024
    • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom
    Register

    Please join us to welcome Shabbat with song, prayer, Torah and community. Our Kabbalat Shabbat Service will be led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg and Kohenet Avra Shapiro. 
     
    If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
     
    If you are looking for more time in person in community, you are welcome to come to the Kennedy House Community Room at 6:30PM to have dinner with others.  Bring your own dinner and beverage, utensils, napkin, etc.  We'll supply the tables, chairs and community.

    The Zoom info will be emailed to all members.  Guests must register here to receive the Zoom info. 

    • Monday, May 27, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, May 27, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In May, the Book Group is discussing The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Monday, June 24, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, June 24, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In June, the Book Group is discussing Babylon by Michelle Cameron

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Monday, July 22, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, July 22, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In July, the Book Group is discussing Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

    • Monday, August 26, 2024
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Do you love to read?  Are you interested in books of Jewish themes?  Come join Leyv Ha-Ir's Book Group!  Our lively, interesting and insightful monthly Book Group discussions are led Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

    We meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, July 22, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

    In July, the Book Group is discussing Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman

    This program is free, although a donation of $18 is suggested for guests who are not LHI members to attend these programs.

    Information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members, who do not need to register.

    LHI guests are welcome, and can request the Zoom information by registering here at least one day in advance, or contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

Past events

Saturday, December 02, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, November 27, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, November 19, 2023 What Noah's Ark Teaches About Climate Crisis
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Saturday, November 04, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Friday, November 03, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Monday, October 23, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Friday, October 13, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Sunday, October 08, 2023 What Noah's Ark Teaches About Climate Crisis
Saturday, October 07, 2023 Simchat Torah Celebration
Saturday, October 07, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Sunday, October 01, 2023 Sukkot Celebration
Friday, September 15, 2023 High Holy Days 5784 (2023)
Saturday, September 09, 2023 Selichot
Saturday, September 02, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, August 28, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, August 27, 2023 One Book, One Congregation
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Tisha B'Av Service
Monday, July 24, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Rena Branson in Concert
Monday, June 26, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Sunday, June 11, 2023 Annual Meeting
Saturday, June 03, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Shavuot: A Community Night of Jewish Learning
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Monday, May 22, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, May 21, 2023 Spring 2023 Education Series - The War in Ukraine: Where have we been? Where to go from here?
Friday, May 12, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Monday, May 08, 2023 Council Meeting
Sunday, May 07, 2023 Spring 2023 Education Series - The War in Ukraine: Where have we been? Where to go from here?
Saturday, May 06, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, April 24, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, April 23, 2023 Spring 2023 Education Series - The War in Ukraine: Where have we been? Where to go from here?
Friday, April 21, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Monday, April 17, 2023 Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day Observance
Monday, April 10, 2023 Council Meeting
Thursday, April 06, 2023 Community Passover Seder
Saturday, April 01, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Friday, March 31, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Monday, March 27, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Sunday, March 19, 2023 Winter 2023 Education Series I - Gratitude, Praise, Delight, and More: Jewish Rituals that Frame the Day
Monday, March 13, 2023 Council Meeting
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Purim Celebration!
Saturday, March 04, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, February 27, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Winter 2023 Education Series I - Gratitude, Praise, Delight, and More: Jewish Rituals that Frame the Day
Friday, February 17, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Monday, February 13, 2023 Council Meeting
Sunday, February 05, 2023 Winter 2023 Education Series I - Gratitude, Praise, Delight, and More: Jewish Rituals that Frame the Day
Saturday, February 04, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Friday, January 27, 2023 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Rosh Hodesh
Monday, January 23, 2023 Book Discussion Group
Monday, January 09, 2023 Council Meeting
Saturday, January 07, 2023 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, December 26, 2022 Book Discussion Group
Friday, December 23, 2022 Kabbalat Shabbat and Hanukkah Service
Monday, December 12, 2022 Council Meeting
Sunday, December 11, 2022 A History of Anti-semitism; Rabbi Julie's Fall Education Classes
Saturday, December 03, 2022 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, November 28, 2022 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, November 20, 2022 A History of Anti-semitism; Rabbi Julie's Fall Education Classes
Monday, November 14, 2022 Council Meeting
Friday, November 11, 2022 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday, November 05, 2022 Shabbat Morning Service
Friday, October 28, 2022 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Monday, October 24, 2022 Book Discussion Group
Sunday, October 23, 2022 A History of Anti-semitism; Rabbi Julie's Fall Education Classes
Sunday, October 16, 2022 Sukkot Celebration
Sunday, September 25, 2022 High Holy Days 5783 (2022)
Saturday, September 17, 2022 Selichot
Saturday, September 03, 2022 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, August 22, 2022 Book Group Discussion August 22, 2022
Monday, August 15, 2022 One Book, One Congregation
Saturday, August 06, 2022 Tisha B'Av Service
Saturday, August 06, 2022 Shabbat Morning Service
Monday, July 25, 2022 Book Group Discussion
Saturday, April 16, 2022 Community Passover Seder
Friday, December 03, 2021 In Person Kabbalat Shabbat/Hanukkah Service
Saturday, September 11, 2021 Fall Conference
Thursday, August 19, 2021 One Book, One Congregation
Saturday, July 31, 2021 Annual General Meeting
Thursday, April 01, 2021 Spring Gala

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