Community Review

Gesher Appoints New Director of Lifelong Learning

Beth El Temple and Chisuk Emuna Congregation are pleased to announce that Hilary Greenberg has been appointed to serve as our Gesher Director of Lifelong Learning succeeding Rabbi Ilyse Kramer who inaugurated this role in 2015.

 

Hilary Greenberg is an experienced teacher, education direc…

Letter to the Editor

Kudos, congratulations, and heartfelt thanks, to Julie Sherman and her Jewish Film Festival Committee for making our July Sunday and Wednesday evenings so thought provoking, entertaining, and stimulating.  Our twice a week movie nights were wonderful and I looked forward to receiving the mi…

8.14.20 CEO Letter

By Jenn Ross

As I was seeking the right words to begin my column, my hero Dr. Rachel Levine spoke them in her opening remarks in the July 28 Department of Health press conference in response to the ongoing transphobic attacks she has been experiencing: “I have no room in my heart for hatr…

PJC Statement in Response to Philly NAACP President Rodney Muhammad

The Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition issued the following statement in response to the recent Facebook post of Philadelphia NAACP president Rodney Muhammad:

 

Rodney Muhammad’s statement, cloaked with the authority of the NAACP-- an organization with a storied legacy and laudable goals—r…

KATHERINE CAROL GLABUS

Katherine Carol "Binnie" (Poull) Glabus, 81, beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on July 20, 2020.

She entered this world on January 6, 1939 in Aurora, IL, born to LeRoy and Helen (Barbaylia) Poull. Carol married her high school sweeth…