TIKVAH MEANS HOPE


Tikvah Talk

February | 2025

HIGHLIGHT FROM JANUARY

Cooking classes are a member favorite. In January, members made nachos and a Mexican salad. See below for information on our February Cooking & Dinner with Drew session.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Please register for programs by clicking on the link below each event. 

The same links appear on the calendar listings for those events on the Tikvah Website tikvahajmi.org/calendar/month/2025-02/ If you need assistance registering for a program contact us office@tikvahajmi.org or 215.832.0671.


Bowling @Our Town Alley

Sunday, February 2 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Registration Deadline January 30

Please register here


Cooking & Dinner with Drew @JFCS, Brodsky Center

Tuesday, February 4 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Registration Deadline January 28

Please register here


Tikvah Volunteers: JRA Packing & Pizza

Friday, February 7 | 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Registration Deadline January 31

Please register here


Desert & Dialogue: Peter Weisner: My Mother Survived the Holocaust with Bipolar @Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel

Sunday, February 9 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Registration Deadline February 2

Please register here


KleinLife February Birthday Lunch & Tu BiShvat @KlineLife

Wednesday, February 13 | 11:30 am– 1:30 pm

Registration Deadline February 6

Please register here


Tu BiShvat @JFCS Brodsky Center

Sunday, February 16 | 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Registration Deadline February 9

Please register here



Learn & Light Bites @Kaiserman JCC

Tuesday, February 18 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Registration Deadline February 11

Please register here


Virtual Living in the Moment Meditation

Wednesday, February 19 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Registration Deadline February 12

Please register here


Tikvah Trips & Shows: Bye Bye Birdie @Ohev Shalom of Bucks County

Sunday, February. 23 | 1:00 – 3:30 pm

Registration Deadline February 16

Please register here


Tikvah Trips & Shows: Hay Fever @Walnut Street Theatre

Sunday, March 2 | 2:00 – 4:30 pm

Registration Deadline February 23

Please register here

Zoom links for virtual events are sent via email one week prior.

Friends & Family: Coffee with Rabbi Sandi Berliner, MSW @KleinLife

Wednesday, February 26 | 2:00 3:00pm

Registration Deadline February 20

Please register here


Model Seder

Sunday, April 6 @KleinLife


Create the Connection Awards Event

Sunday, May 18 @Temple Ambler

COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE AREA

Presidents’ Day 2025 & JDAIM Celebration (Family Day)

Monday, February 17 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm


Celebrate Presidents' Day at Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Fun activities for all ages. This year, they are spotlighting Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) alongside exciting programs, workshops, crafts, a resource fair, scavenger hunts, and more. Additional information available at theweitzman.org/events/presidents-day-2025-family-day/


Registration is appreciated. Please register here.


Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: 101 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (Corner of 5th & Market)

HaMotzi Dinner

Sunday, February 23 | 5:00 – 6:00pm


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, February 19.



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

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

Wellness Wednesday

Wednesday, February 26 | 12:00 – 2:00 pm


Join us every 4th Wednesday of the month at the NAMI MONTCO Office for a time for people to connect and have fun!

We will have light snacks and refreshments along with a planned activity and free time to socialize. Please register on your own here


NAMI MONTCO office: 100 W Main St UNIT 204, Lansdale, PA 19446

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Program Sessions (Virtual)

Wednesday, January 29 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Monday, February 3 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 pm


NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with mental illness, friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.


Sponsored by NAMI Philadelphia.

Register here for the 1/29 Medication Zoom Session

Register here for the 2/3 Budgets Zoom Session


Contact ltaylor@namiphilly.org for more information.


All sessions held via ZOOM.

Mental Health First Aid

Sunday, March 30 | 9:30 am - 4:30 pm


Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults. Course requires registration and online pre-work to be completed prior to the course. Pre-work takes about 2 hours.


Additional information and registration available here.


Presented by the SE Regional Mental Health Services Coordination office.


Sponsored by Tikvah, NAMI Main Line, JFCS Philadelphia, and Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services


JFCS Brodsky Center: 345 Montgomery Ave, Bala Cynwd, PA 19004

SPONSORS

Please click their logos to learn more

GRANTS


Warren Klein Memorial Fund

Edward and Marjorie

Goldberger Foundation

Nadine Hoch

Memorial Fund


The Tzedakah

 Foundation


Philadelphia Activities Fund,

City Council District 6, Councilman Michael Driscoll

City Council District 10, Councilman Brian O'Neill


Fegelson Young Feinberg Post 697 Jewish War Veterans


Temple University Hospital - Anna T. Jeanes Community Grant

Rotary Club of

NE Philadelphia, Cheltenham, Rockledge


Robert and Holly Lankin

LARRY A. REAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS


CORPORATE SPONSORS

DAVIS BUCCO & MAKARA

Freedman & Grinshpun, PC

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Please click HERE to make a donation

In Memory of Mia Marcovici

Robert Wenger


 In Memory of Mel Zelcman

Abby Gilbert


In honor of Abby Gilbert and Barbara Ponczek

Ellen Levin

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY

Please click HERE to become a member

Tikvah welcomes our new members:

Gabrielle W - Member

Robert W - Supporter

Sharon D - Supporter

We appreciate your support which helps us provide

programming and events for our members and their loved ones.

Membership Types

Individual Member: $20 per year

Our Individual Membership entitles you to:

  • Community Dinners
  • Cultural Events and Trips
  • Diverse Enrichment Programs
  • Holiday Celebrations
  • Periodic Newsletters
  • Phone Squad Communication
  • Wellness Programs
  • Volunteer Opportunities

Supporter Member: $50 per year


This membership is offered to those who wish to support our organization and help make hope happen for those we serve.


Your supporter membership entitles you to receive our Tikvah Talk newsletter. You also receive updates and invitations to Tikvah programming throughout the year.


TIKVAH MISSION STATEMENT

Tikvah supports and empowers adults living with mental illness so that they may feel accomplished, independent, and fulfilled. We strive to reduce isolation through social and educational programming.

CONTACT US

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

Marina Zaitceva, Social Work Intern: marina@tikvahajmi.org


Office Support: Irvin Apt, Sandra Frank, Mindy Freeman, Ellen Gorberg, Halie Hershman, Ileene Jaffe, Joyce Oxfeld, Rob Singer



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, Drew Gold, David Karasow, Rabbi Ephraim Levin


General questions office@tikvahajmi.org or call 215-832-0671 Calls are answered and messages returned Tuesday - Thursday 9 AM to 4:30 PM, also three hours prior to and during programs.  

 

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

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