May 3, 2022 • 2 Iyar 5782
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Phone Banking with SHS Members and POWER to Get Out The Vote (In Person)
Today, May 3 @ 6:30 pm-8:30 pm AND next Tuesday, May 10 @ 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Support Our Democracy: Two Ways to Act Now! The first is by coming together to make phone calls to educate and encourage fellow Philadelphians to vote in the May 17 Primary. Please bring your cell phone and charger. A laptop and charger are recommended but not required.
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Note that May 10 is the last day to request a mail-in or absentee ballot – Click Here
Your mail-in/absentee ballot must be RECEIVED by your county election office by 8 pm on Election Day (May 17). Postmarks are not enough. Mail it in well before May 17 or bring it to the Philadelphia County Board of Elections at City Hall. Remember that you CANNOT vote at your polling place if you requested a mail-in ballot unless you bring the full ballot (ballot, secrecy envelope, and outer pre-addressed envelope) with you to your polling place.
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Pre-Service Schmooze 'n' Snack (In Person & Zoom)
Fridays @ 6:00-7:00 pm | Schmooze 'n' Snack @ 5:30 pm
Join us at 5:30 for wine and cheese with friends, new and old, and come together at 6:00 in person or by Zoom as we welcome Shabbat through song, prayer, and story.
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Shabbat Shaharit Service with Confirmation for Hebrew High School Students, followed by Kiddush Lunch (In Person & Zoom)
Saturday, May 7 @ 9:45 am-12:00 pm | Kiddush Lunch @ 12:00 pm
Experience the sounds and soul of Shabbat as we come together in prayer, and join us for our first Confirmation service in person since 2019. Our oldest Hebrew High students will help to lead the service and reflect on their time as Jewish learners and community-builders at our congregation.
Continue the conversation and make new connections at the Kiddush lunch. This week's Kiddush lunch is generously sponsored by David and Pam Levine, Carter and Lesli Reich, and Steve and Wendy Greenspan.
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Our Hebrew School is Growing, and We Need Your Help to Grow Our Staff!
We are fortunate to have such curious and eager Hebrew School students who continue to make new Jewish memories at SHS with their peers and our talented, dedicated teachers. We are growing our staff and are asking for your help in our search for new teachers. That could be you, or a family member or friend who you know would be perfect for the role!
Please click here for the job description, qualifications, and compensation info, and contact Mike Roe, Assistant Director of Education for Hebrew School, with your interest or any questions. Thanks for supporting our growth!
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Save The Date: May 14 Interfaith Engagement Committee Breakfast Get-Together with Hebrew School Parents (In Person)
The Interfaith Engagement Committee invites Hebrew School parents with older children to a casual gathering with a light breakfast during Hebrew School, at 9:45 am in the Historic Lobby. We’ve been inviting members from different interfaith cohorts to have discussions about what kind of support they might be looking for from SHS and how we can enhance the feelings of connection and engagement for all members who are part of an interfaith couple or family at SHS, to inform future programming and supportive resources.
This group of families with older kids on May 14 will be our fourth such cohort conversation, and we’ll have a fifth gathering for families with younger children on Sunday, June 12, with more details to follow.
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Save The Date: May 14 Shabbat Lunch 'n' Learn in Memory of Caryn Levitsky – Renowned Scholar Ori Z. Soltes on Judaism and Art (In Person)
We are delighted to present our first in-person Shabbat Lunch 'n' Learn in over two years on Saturday, May 14, following services. Special thanks to Carl and Sarah Levitsky for sponsoring this program in memory of Caryn Levitsky, who passed away in 2020.
Ori Z. Soltes, Professor at Georgetown University's Center for Jewish Civilization, will be discussing Judaism and art. He teaches across a range of disciplines and is a renowned, dynamic speaker who has lectured at more than 20 universities and museums across the U.S. Dr. Soltes is the former Director of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. As Co-Founding Director of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, he has spent 20 years focused on the issue of Nazi-plundered art. Dr. Soltes has authored and edited 25 books and scores of articles and exhibition catalogue essays.
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Coming Fall 2022: Weekly Friday Night Musical Guests from Fall through Spring
Build Friday nights at SHS into your weekly rhythm, or drop in when you can! Beginning in Fall 2022, kick off your Shabbat each Friday with a soulful, musical Kabbalat Shabbat service, including a short teaching and nosh, led by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar and Hazzan Jessi Roemer, and featuring talented musicians such as cellist Jessie Reagan Mann, percussionist Daniel Johnson, and guitarist/bassist Loren Gildar. Building off our special monthly TGIShabbat services, join us each Friday night, Fall through Spring, 2022-2023.
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Click the links below to join us, and access our regularly updated master schedule any time here, with clickable links to all of our Zoom services, classes, celebrations, and programs. Add the master schedule to your favorites or bookmarks so you have it at your fingertips! The password for all SHS Zoom programs is: shalom
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Tuesday
May 3
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Phone Banking with POWER to Get Out The Vote (In Person)
Wednesday
May 4
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Thursday
May 5
Friday
May 6
5:30 pm Pre-Service Schmooze 'n' Snack (In Person)
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Saturday
May 7
9:00 am Lay-led Torah Study (In Person)
9:30 am Hebrew School
(In Person)
12:00 pm Kiddush Lunch
(In Person)
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