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UPCOMING SHABBAT PROGRAMS
Friday, Dec. 6, 7pm (NOTE TIME!)
MOVIE: "THE FRISCO KID"
With our Music Director Ezra Donner away for this Shabbat, we will screen the 1979 film "The Frisco Kid," a great Jewish comedy starring the late Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford.
Rabbi Avram Belinsky (Gene Wilder) lands in Philadelphia intending to travel to San Francisco, where he plans on starting a synagogue. Quickly relieved of his belongings by a group of con artists, Avram optimistically sets out alone on foot toward the Wild West. He gets into one scrape after another until he is rescued, in a way, by a compassionate horseman named Tommy Lillard (Harrison Ford). Unfortunately, Tommy may not be quite as heroic as he seems, and it is still a long way to California.
Friday, Dec. 13, 7:30pm
"THE ORIGINS OF CHANUKAH"
Rabbi Falick will lead a text study about the origins of Chanukah...from pagan festival to celebration of zealotry...to Jewish "Christmas." Join us for this HONEST look at the Festival of (Not-So-Miraculous) Lights!
Friday, Dec. 20, 6pm (NOTE TIME!)
SOUPER SUPPER CHANUKAH CELEBRATION
To benefit our annual Winter Mitzvah to feed the hungry.
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Suggested Donation: Individual, $10 / Family, $25
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Bring canned foods!
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Bring Dessert treats!
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Bring your Menorah!
CELEBRATE JEWISH HERITAGE
Learn about the unique ways in which Humanistic Jews celebrate holidays and Shabbat!
SOCIAL JUSTICE / TIKKUN OLAM
We don't just "talk the talk," we "walk the walk" through action to make our world a better place.
MEANINGFUL LIFE CYCLE CEREMONIES
At times of celebration or sadness, Humanistic Judaism provides meaningful life-cycle ceremonies.
FUN & INTERACTIVE YOUTH EDUCATION
Children in our "Spinoza Program" learn about Jewish culture in a thoroughly Humanistic way!
