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Balis Award Event Sponsorship

We are pleased to host the Balis Volunteer Appreciation Award Event on Saturday, April 15, 2023, beginning at 6pm, honoring Temple member and volunteer extraordinaire, Annette Peppard. This special event was designed several years ago to give members of our synagogue, and the community at-large, a chance to honor an outstanding volunteer in our congregation. […]

Happy Hour

We invite you to Happy Hour at Building 24 on Wednesday, February 8th from 6pm to 8pm. Please join us in the backroom of Building 24, 115 Bern Avenue, Wyomissing. Contact the Temple office with questions, 610-375-6034

Save the Date

The Ruth & Irvin Balis Volunteer Appreciation Award will be presented to Annette Peppard on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Award presentation at 6:00pm with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres immediately following.

Liefter-Fein Scholarship

The Liefter-Fein Memorial Scholarship Fund has provided grants to members of the congregation and their children for post-secondary education since 1972. This includes students who are undergraduates or students in vocational or trade schools. Consideration will be given to post-graduate study as well. Scholarship grants are determined by the fund committee based on the academic […]

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Cinema Sabaya: Women Finding Themselves Behind the Camera

Cinema Sabaya: Women Finding Themselves Behind the Camera jemerman January 30, 2023

Israeli Arts and Culture

an image of a group of Arab and Jewish women in the film Cinema Sabaya

Both Arab and Jewish, young and old, the women of "Cinema Sabaya" learn about much more than filmmaking during the class; they discover that their differences are far outweighed by their bonds as women making their way in a patriarchal world.

Remembrance and Beyond: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Remembrance and Beyond: International Holocaust Remembrance Day rj-admin-new January 27, 2023

Holocaust

memorial candles in the shape of a Star of David

What does it mean to remember? It is to live in more than one world, to prevent the past from fading, and to call upon the future to illuminate it.

Thinking Outside the (Tzedek) Boxes

Thinking Outside the (Tzedek) Boxes jemerman January 26, 2023

Arts and Culture

A camel carrying a load. A golden pair of balanced scales. An open heart and an open mind. These are three of more than two dozen artists' visions of justice and righteousness featured in the invitational exhibition, "Tzedek Boxes: Justice Shall You Pursue."

Tu BiShvat - Nature’s Invitation to Grow

Tu BiShvat - Nature’s Invitation to Grow jemerman January 25, 2023

Environment and Climate Change

an image of two hands patting the ground after planting a small plant. The plant has two leaves.

Tu BiShvat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, is upon us. While it may not be the most celebrated new year in the Jewish tradition, there is a simple power to the holiday - the call for us to become attuned to nature and learn what it can teach us about personal growth.

Hebrew School

Purim Spiel Rehearsal

2-3 Grade Service & Dinner with Cantor Binder

Religious School

Sisterhood Meeting

Tu B'Shvat Seder