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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, December 23, 2024
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In December, the Book Group is discussing Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. 
  

  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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• Shamanu

  • When
    Wednesday, December 25, 2024
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • 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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• Hanukah Celebration

  • When
    Tuesday, December 31, 2024
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    William Penn House Community Room, 1919 Chestnut St., 1st Floor

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  We're changing up our annual Hanukah celebration this year with a stand-alone program.  On Tuesday, December 31 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM we'll be at the William Penn House Community Room. Rabbi Julie and Cantor Avra will be leading us in song, candle lighting (lots of light as it will be the 7th night of Hanukah), games and more. 

  And you'll still have plenty of time for your New Year's Eve celebration.

  Latkes will be served, either ours or bring your own, and you are welcome to bring dinner with you, too.  And remember to bring your hanukkiah (menorah) and candles so we can light them together.

  All are invited, and a donation is requested from guests to help cover expenses.  We do need you to register so we know how many people to expect.

  Can you help out with the event?  Please let us know that, too, by  emailing info@leyvhair.org.  With our apologies, this event does not lend itself to Zoom so it will be in person only.

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• Shabbat Morning Service

  • When
    Saturday, January 04, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Shabbat morning services, adapted to Zoom, led by Michael Meketon. 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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• Rosh Hodesh

  • When
    Wednesday, January 08, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 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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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, January 13, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Kabbalat Shabbat/MLK Service

  • When
    Friday, January 17, 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Kennedy House Community Room, 1901 JFK Blvd., 30th Floor, and Zoom

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  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. As is our custom, we will honor the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in this service.
   
  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. 

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, January 27, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In January, the Book Group is discussing The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. 
  

  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, February 01, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Join us for our lay-led Shabbat morning services, adapted to Zoom, led by Michael Meketon. 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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• Rosh Hodesh

  • When
    Wednesday, February 05, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 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.

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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, February 10, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Kabbalat Shabbat Service

  • When
    Friday, February 14, 2025
  •  
    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 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. 

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, February 24, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In February, the Book Group is discussing Incident at San Miguel by A. J. Sidransky. 
  

  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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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, March 10, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, March 24, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In March the Book Group is discussing The Lady in Gold by Anne-Marie O'Connor. 
  

  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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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, April 14, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, April 28, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In April the Book Group is discussing The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. 
  

  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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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, May 12, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Tuesday, May 27, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In April the Book Group is discussing The Immortalists by Anne-Marie O'Connor. 
  

  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
    Tuesday, May 27, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

  We usually meet on the the fourth Monday of the month, on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET.  Because of the Memorial Day holiday, we will meet on Tuesday this month.

  In May the Book Group is discussing Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. 
  

  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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• Council Meeting

  • When
    Monday, June 09, 2025
  •  
    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.

  The Zoom link is sent to all members.  Registration is not needed.

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• Book Discussion Group

  • When
    Monday, June 23, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In June the Book Group is discussing Napoleon's Mirage by Michelle Cameron.  The author will be joining us for the discussion. 

  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 28, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In July the Book Group is discussing The Postcard by Anne Berest.

  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 25, 2025
  •  
    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 Carol Kaplan and other book group participants. 

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

  In August the Book Group is discussing Friendly Fire by A. B. Yehoshua.

  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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