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Congregational Happenings (November 2025)

Share a Simcha with your congregation!

Did your family have a recent engagement,

wedding, birth of child or grandchild?

Contact ~ 215-887-8702 or anita@kenesethisrael.org

Mazel Tov to the following congregants on their Special Simchas . . .

Birth of . . .

Jordan Gal Douek, daughter of Caitlin and Gil Douek, granddaughter of our members, Taffy Mandel and Howard Barman

Nathan Robert Shapiro, son of Sarah Cryer Katz and Zachary Shapiro, great-grandson of our member Sonnie Katz

The Bar Mitzvah of . . .

My name is Max David Taraborrelli, my Bar Mitzvah is December 6, 2025.

For my Mitzvah Project, I am raising money for ALS in honor of my Bubbe, Barbara Rosenberg. I have already raised over $3,600 and my family and I will be participating in the Mid Atlantic ALS walk on November 19, 2025 at the Citizens Bank Park.

I attend the Springfield Township Middle School. My hobbies included; baseball (playing & watching the Phillies), swimming, all Philly sports, video games, hanging out with friends. I play baseball and soccer.

My parents are Jodie and Daniel Taraborrelli.

We mark with sorrow the passing of . . . 

Charles Grossman, brother of our member, Debra Grossman

Suzanne Savage Liebman, mother of our member, Kenneth (Robin) Liebman

Ronald Carl Adelman, brother of our member, Merle (Stanton) Salkin

Thank you for supporting Keneseth Israel by making donations in Honor and/or in Memory of loved ones. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated. 

Donations (November 2025)

LEGACY GIVING: Commit Today to Strengthen KI Tomorrow

Help ensure that the values that matter most to you are secured for the future. Make a Legacy Gift to KI – name KI as a beneficiary in your will, charitable trust, life insurance policy, or retirement plan.

To learn more about Legacy Giving, please contact Executive Director Brian Rissinger at 215-887-8700 or brissinger@kenesethisrael.org. All inquiries are kept in strict confidence. 

Yahrzeit Donations (November 2025)

High Holy Day Appeal

We are most grateful to the following for their generous contributions to Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel’s 2025/5786 ~ High Holy Day Appeal. Thank you!