Stories of the Rabbis
Dates: Tuesdays — October 28, November 18, December 16, January 20, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12 Time: 7:00 – 8:15 pm Mode: Hybrid Faculty: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $108 for General Public Story has always been a central medium of Jewish life, and stories about […]
Hebrew — Level Offered will Depend on Enrollment
Dates: Thursdays (weekly) at 6:30 – 7:30 pm Mode: Zoom Only Faculty: Marc Schwartz Fee: Included with Society Hill Synagogue Membership • $54 for General Public Beginning: We are offering this class again to help our congregants learn (or re-learn) how to read Hebrew. We use the National Jewish Outreach Hebrew Reading Crash Course, which […]
Nuts & Bolts: A (Re)Introduction to Judaism
Dates: Tuesdays — October 21, November 11, December 9, January 13, February 3, February 24, March 24, May 5, May 26 Time: 7:00 – 8:15 pm Mode: Hybrid Faculty: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $108 for the General Public Nuts & Bolts is both for students new to Judaism […]
LilyFish Gomberg
Originally from Newton, Massachusetts, LilyFish (she/they) now calls Philadelphia home. In her spare time, you might find her painting, hanging out with friends, davening, or singing Taylor Swift to her shower head. LilyFish earned a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies with minors in Sexuality and Queer Studies and History from Brandeis University. This fall, she […]
Tishah B’Av: Commemorating Exile, Embracing Wholeness
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Tishah B’Av is nearly upon us. Tishah B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, is the date on which the destructions of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem are commemorated. It is estimated that the first was destroyed in 587 BCE; the second in 70 CE. […]