RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

We didn't let a storm rain on our Annual Membership Picnic!

We moved it inside and had a fantastic time catching up with friends, playing BINGO, and making new connections.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Register for programs by clicking on the link associated with each event. 

The same links appear on the calendar listings for those events on the Tikvah Website tikvahajmi.org/calendar/month/2025-11/ If you need assistance registering for a program contact us office@tikvahajmi.org or 215.832.0671.

Friends & Family: Coffee with Rabbi Sandi Berliner, MSW

Tuesday November, 18 | 10:00 – 11:00 am

Discussion group for friends or family members of those with the lived experience of mental illness. Rabbi Sandi Berliner, MSW, will facilitate this opportunity to share experiences and resources.

Congregations of Shaare Shamayim Synagogue: 8339 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027

Please register here by November 11.

Tribe Tikvah @Queen & Rook Game Cafe

Wednesday, November 12 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Join your Tribe Tikvah friends at Queen & Rook Game Cafe in South Philly.

Tikvah will cover the game fee, you're on your own for food and beverage.

Queen & Rook Game Cafe: 123 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Please register here

Tribe Tikvah is for Adults in their 20s and 30s.

Co-sponsored by Tikvah and Tribe 12.

The Tikvah office will be closed in observation of the following holidays:

Thanksgiving: November 27

COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE AREA

PA ABLE Savings Program - Free Information Webinar

Wednesday, November 5 | 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Join JFCS and the PA Treasury Department

for an overview of the PA ABLE Savings

Program, offering individuals with qualified

disabilities a tax-free way to save for a range

of disability-related expenses while

maintaining important benefits.

Join the Info Webinar to find out:

• Eligibility requirements including upcoming age expansion.
• Federal and state tax benefits.
• How PA ABLE interacts with important benefits.
• And more!

To register visit jfcsphilly.link/PAAble

For more information, contact Laura Flowers at

267.256.2274 or lflowers@jfcsphilly.org.

How Do You Feel For Real?™ | Mental Health Awareness In-Person Event

Join us for a complimentary How Do You Feel For Real?™ Mental Wellness event for Faith Leaders.

• Date: Wednesday, November 12
• Time: 10am - 12pm.
• Friends Hospital 4641 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19124

This event will explore critical aspects of mental health within faith communities, addressing congregant reluctance, vicarious trauma on leaders, and dismissive responses. The focus is on identifying and addressing gaps when mental health is neglected within faith communities, not using faith as treatment.

Limited seating. Please register here.

HaMotzi Dinner

Sunday, November 23 | 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel invites you to a free community dinner. Home cooked meals, fresh fruit, produce and groceries. In Person Dinner begins at 5 p.m. Seating is limited to those who reserve by calling 215.887.8700 by

Wednesday, November 19 to participate in dinner or to volunteer.



Keneseth Israel: 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027

SEPTA Bus Line 55 or 7, Regional Rail, Jenkintown Stop.

GRANTS & SPONSORSHIPS

Please click their logos to learn more

GRANTS

Mark Braverman

Charities of Lewis J. Hoch

and Family

Nadine Hoch

Memorial Fund

Neen Davis

Passover League

Anna T. Jeanes Foundation

Community Grant

Paul Lichtman

Philadelphia Activities Fund,

City Council District 6, Councilman Michael Driscoll

City Council District 10, Councilman Brian O'Neill

LARRY A. REAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS

SUPPORTERS

Freedman & Grinshpun, PC

Ross Shuster

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Please click HERE to make a donation

In Memory of Suzanne Burns

Edward Berkowitz

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY

Please click HERE to become a member

We appreciate your support which helps us provide

programming and events for our members and their loved ones.

Membership Types

Our Staff and Office Information:

Abby Gilbert, Executive Director  abby@tikvahajmi.org

Barbara Ponczek, Program Director barbara@tikvahajmi.org

Brenda Kinnear, Membership Associate  brenda@tikvahajmi.org

Ellen Levin, Bookkeeper/Registrar  ellen@tikvahajmi.org

Office Support: Irvin Apt, Michelle Bernstein, Elana D'Amico, Sandra Frank, Mindy Freeman, Ellen Gorberg, Halie Hershman, Ileene Jaffe, Blake Mann, Joyce Oxfeld

Phone Squad: Chuck Allen, Irwin Bernstein, Michelle Bernstein, Matt Corchnoy, Jeff Gansheroff, Staci Hershman, Shari Simons, Mike Stape, Brandy Wasilewski

Program Facilitators: Rabbi Sandi Berliner, Rhonda Cohen, Rycki Joy Freedman, David Karasow, Rabbi Ephraim Levin, Marina Zaitceva

General questions office@tikvahajmi.org or call 215-832-0671.  Calls are answered and messages returned Monday - Thursday 9 am to 4:30 pm as well as three hours prior to and during programs.  

Business Office: Tikvah @KleinLife, Suite 122, 10100 Jamison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19116

TIKVAH https://tikvahajmi.org/