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Congregational Happenings (August 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 . . .

Engagement of . . .

Alyssa Kress and David Cavell, Alyssa is the daughter of our congregants, Laura and Marc Kress

Marriage of . . .

Maili Lampe and Rabbi Alex Kress, Alex is the son of our congregants, Laura and Marc Kress

B’nai Mitzvah of . . .

My name is Sammy David. I am currently in seventh grade at the Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy. My hobbies include baseball, soccer and card collecting. I love animals, Camp Harlam and being outside. For my mitzvah project, I volunteered at HaMotzi to help the food insecure in our area. I am very excited to become a Bar Mitzvah on October 11.

My parents are Rabbi Benjamin David and Lisa David. I have two older siblings, Noa and Elijah.

We mark with sorrow the passing of . . . 

Robert Kirschner, he was the father of our member Brian (Caren) Kirschner

Richard David Kaufman, he was our member, the husband of our member Hannah Kaufman; the father of our member Elizabeth (Andrew Taylor) Kaufman

Ronald New, he was the brother-in-law of our member, Charlotte New and the uncle of our member Pamela (Robert) Saltzburg

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

Donations (August 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, contact Executive Director Brian Rissinger at 215-887-8700 or brissinger@kenesethisrael.org. All inquiries are kept in strict confidence. Please complete the attached form to let us know if you have already designated KI in your estate plan or if you would like additional information.

Yahrzeit Donations (August 2025)