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• Shamanu

  • Start
    Wednesday, March 01, 2023
  •  
  • End
    Wednesday, February 07, 2024
  •  
  • Schedule
    50 sessions
  • Location
    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.

  
  

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• Kabbalat Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, March 31, 2023
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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 Cantorial Soloist Rena Branson. 
   
  If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
   
  If you join us in person, masks and proof of vaccination are required.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, April 01, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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• Community Passover Seder

  • When
    Thursday, April 06, 2023
  •  
    5:45 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    The Philadelphian, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., Social Room A

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  Congregation Leyv Ha-ir ~ Heart of the City

  Invites you to our

  COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER

  
  

  Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 5:45 PM (promptly)

  The Philadelphian, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., Social Room A

  Led by Rabbi Julie Greenberg

  Complete kosher-style Passover dinner with wine, grape juice, and choice of salmon, chicken or stuffed eggplant vegetarian entree is included, catered by Little Pete's Restaurant.

  You are welcome to bring your own dinner wine.

  Cost: $54. per adult, $18 per child 3-12 years old

  Guests are welcome at the same prices.

  Due to the generosity of angels donating to our Rabbi's Fund, we are able to lower the price of our seder this year.  Financial circumstances should not prevent anyone from attending.  Contact us for more information.

  Registration and payments must be received no later than Tuesday, March 28. Full refund is available for cancellations received by that date.

  Please consider making an additional donation so that all may attend.

  Questions? Contact us at info@leyvhair.org or 215.629.1995.

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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, April 10, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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.

  Join Zoom Meeting

  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83420600851?pwd=YXlKdVY1WUZLSitLQlVBRHVvUVJBUT09

  Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  One tap mobile (sound only, no video):

  Call 3126266799 or 16468769923. When requested, enter Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  
  

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• Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day Observance

  • When
    Monday, April 17, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  

  Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir ~ Heart of the City invites you to our Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Rememberance Day Observance. 

  LHI member Ellen Zilka grew up in Berlin during the ascent of the Nazi regime.  At the tender age of ten, her parents put her on the Kindertransport to England.  In dialog with her daughter and LHI member Diane Zilka, Ellen will talk about her experience during and after the Holocaust.  An audience Q & A session will follow.

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

  Guests are most welcome.  To receive the remote access information, please register at least one day in advance by contacting us at info@leyvhair.org or 215-629-1995.

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• Rosh Hodesh

  • When
    Wednesday, April 19, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  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.

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• Kabbalat Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, April 21, 2023
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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 Cantorial Soloist Rena Branson. 
   
  If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
   
  If you join us in person, masks and proof of vaccination are required.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, April 24, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    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 by LHI members Carol Kaplan and Stacey Rose-Blass. 
   
  Our Book Group meets on the fourth Monday of every month, via Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  
   
  This month, the Book Group is discussing:  Little Failure: A Memoir by Gary Shteyngart.
  

  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.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, May 06, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, May 08, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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.

  Join Zoom Meeting

  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83420600851?pwd=YXlKdVY1WUZLSitLQlVBRHVvUVJBUT09

  Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  One tap mobile (sound only, no video):

  Call 3126266799 or 16468769923. When requested, enter Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  
  

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• Kabbalat Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, May 12, 2023
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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 Cantorial Soloist Rena Branson. 
   
  If you join us on Zoom, bring your own candles, kiddush and challah to the service to share in the Shabbat celebration. 
   
  If you join us in person, masks and proof of vaccination are required.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, May 22, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    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 by LHI members Carol Kaplan and Stacey Rose-Blas. 

  Our Book Group meets on the fourth Monday of every month, via Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  
   
  This month, the Book Group is discussing:  The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.
  

  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.

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• Rosh Hodesh

  • When
    Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    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.

  Show details
• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, June 12, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    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.

  Join Zoom Meeting

  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83420600851?pwd=YXlKdVY1WUZLSitLQlVBRHVvUVJBUT09

  Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  One tap mobile (sound only, no video):

  Call 3126266799 or 16468769923. When requested, enter Meeting ID: 834 2060 0851, Passcode: 237713

  
  

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, June 26, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    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 by LHI members Carol Kaplan and Stacey Rose-Blas. 

  Our Book Group meets on the fourth Monday of every month, via Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  
   
  This month, the Book Group is discussing:  People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
  

  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.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, July 24, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    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 by LHI members Carol Kaplan and Stacey Rose-Blas. 

  Our Book Group meets on the fourth Monday of every month, via Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  
   
  This month, the Book Group is discussing:  The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel.
  

  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.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, August 28, 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    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 by LHI members Carol Kaplan and Stacey Rose-Blas. 

  Our Book Group meets on the fourth Monday of every month, via Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  

  This month, the Book Group is discussing:  The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.
  

  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.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, September 02, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, October 07, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, November 04, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, December 02, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Saturday morning Shabbat services, adapted to Zoom. Our service will be enhanced by a Zoom facilitator.If you have a Kol Haneshamah Reconstructionist siddur (prayer book), please use it. If not, we’ll work around it.

  Zoom information for this and all online events will automatically be sent to LHI members. Guests are welcome to participate, and can register here, email us at info@leyvhair.org, or call us at 215-629-1995 at least one day before the service, for the remote access.

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