Let’s Celebrate!

This weekend we will celebrate my 20th anniversary at KI, and our 20 years together sharing prayer, music, love, laughter, tears, friendship, holidays, life cycles and community together. It has been my great honor to share these years with you, and it is my great joy to be your Cantor...

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THE PURIM STORY: A NEW MEGILLAH

   The Purim Story is a new Megillah retold and introduced by Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D., Senior Rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI) in Elkins Park, PA published by Tablo Press (2021).  Written for use at home or in the synagogue, The Purim Story features new, original artwork by Marlene D’Orazio Adler. Written as a...

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Mazal Tov, Rochelle Dinkin!

Artist, Rochelle Dinkin, KI member and member of the TJM Artists’ Collaborative invites the KI community to a celebration event, September 9th from 4:30 to 7:00pm for her current one person exhibition at PAFA. Details below. The PAFA Alumni Gallery is pleased to present “The Mystical Heroine Revisited”, an exhibition of...

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I Walk with You – Cantor Amy Levy

Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises Temple Judea Museum exhibition January – March 2021 KI MEMBERS RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC: I Walk with You – Cantor Amy Levy All of us have had to make mental shifts during this pandemic.  I find a mental shift especially difficult when we are used...

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Music Soothes The Soul by Fran Schwartz

Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises Temple Judea Museum exhibition January – March 2021 KI MEMBERS RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC: MUSIC SOOTHES THE SOUL – Fran Schwartz We are all searching for ways to fill these long pandemic days, weeks and months.  Whether it is reading, exercising, watching TV, socializing outdoors,...

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Artist Statement: Rosalind Reichstein

Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises Temple Judea Museum exhibition January – March 2021 My “LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID” is a semi-realistic, symbolic representation in a kind of Grandma Moses style. My “circle of community” is an empty chair, potted plants, my much loved and loving indoor cat in...

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Artist Statement: Rochelle Marcus Dinkin

Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises Temple Judea Museum exhibition January – March 2021 The pandemic crisis is a Rorschach test for the entire global community.  Every part of our personal identities and our global political system needs to be re-examined.  This extends to our attitudes on class, race, sexuality, and...

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Artist Statement: Robert Dennis

Moral Compass: Artists Respond to Crises Temple Judea Museum exhibition January – March 2021 Robert Dennis My Moral Compass Media: Recycled plastics Confinement has given us time for introspection. For the artist, creating a hiatus from social norms, allowing additional time to work at home. I was reminded of an exhibit...

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