Events

This event series is canceled. Please email rachel@phillyjcc.com if you are interested in attending a future date.  4 Local Authors | Mondays, March 3-31,2025 | No Class: March 17 | 12-1pm | $18 Join us each week as we meet with local authors from around the Philadelphia area. Soup lunch will be provided as you […]

Monday, March 3, 2024 | 6:30PM Start Time | $57 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia. Meet up at the stadium Calling all teens! Come join us to enjoy a fun evening of NBA basketball with our Philadelphia 76ers playing against the Portland Trailblazers and Deni Avdija, an Israeli raising star player. This is an opportunity to […]

3 Tuesdays, February 18 – March 4 | 11AM - 12:15PM | $36 (Must register for all dates) From the dawn of art to the here & now, flying figures have captured the imagination of artists and viewers alike. Consider soaring Cupids and angels, birds and planes, even time can fly as Frida Kahlo shows […]

4 Tuesdays, March 4 – April 1 | 12:30PM - 2:30PM | No Class 3/18 | $48 (Must register for all dates) Being a grandparent is like no other experience. We love our grandchildren so deeply and so fully and want nothing more than to have them take this love into their future. In this […]

For Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, smartphones aren’t just tools – they represent a deeper concern about purity and connection. The Amish avoid cellphones altogether, while the Ultra-Orthodox use only "kosher" phones, both rejecting smartphones for their perceived impurity. These women believe the device itself is more dangerous than the content it delivers, blurring the […]

3 Wednesdays, February 19 – March 5 | 1PM - 2:15PM | $36 (Must register for all dates) Quick with one-liners! Precise with physical comedy! Able to tell hilarious stories in a single routine! Look! Up on the stage! It’s a funny Jewish man! Actually, there have been a lot of them out there making […]

Come to one or all of these free afternoon programs on finding community and resources while aging. We will be joined by guests from Main Line Health, Senior Living Specialists Philly, Right At Home, and more. March 5 - Aging with Dignity with Sebastiano Porcu, MD, Main Line Health March 19 - The Science of […]

6 Thursdays, February 20 – March 27 | 11AM - 12:15PM | $72 (Must register for all dates) Learn, discuss, and ask questions about the history and structure of the Constitution, current events that relate to the Constitution, and what the Constitution means in 13 words. Click here to register Instructor Jules Mermelstein is a […]

Thursday, March 6 | 4:30PM - 6PM | $18 Join us for some pre-Purim laughter with Sharon Geller! We will be serving seasonal appetizers and desserts! A Talmudic Take on Comedy: Fun and funny talk/presentation about the importance of laughter and comedy in Judaism. Join comedic actress Sharon Geller as she delights her audience with […]

Each month we will meet a different Rabbi or Jewish educator from the community, who will share with us their wisdom about the Jewish connections in text impacting the world today. Vegetarian Kosher Cholent will be served. January 10 - Rabbi Claire Green February 7 - Rabbi Yonah Gross March 7 - Rabbi Lilli Shvartsmann […]