Here’s Which Jewish Events in Philly Have Been Canceled

The following Jewish community events in Greater Philadelphia have been canceled or postponed due to the recent novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The list will continue to be updated as we are notified of future event changes.

March 11

• Healthy Steps for Older Adults at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Town Hall Meeting at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)

March 12

• The Golden Age of Philly’s Uptown Jewish Community, 1866-1920 at Gratz College (Postponed)
• Cherry Hill Volvo Cars Jewish Film Festival: “Latter Day Jew” at Katz JCC (Postponed)

March 13

• Active Adult Friday at KleinLife: Center City (Canceled)
• Valery Syutkin and his Rock-n-Roll Band Show at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia (Canceled)
•  Joy of Shabbat and Speaker Series with Itzhak Brook at Har Zion Temple (Canceled)
• ShabbaTune Series at Temple Har Zion in New Jersey (Postponed)
• Shabbat evening service at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Canceled)

March 14

• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “The Rabbi from Hezbollah” (Canceled)
• Parents’ Night Out at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)  
• Shabbat Poetry Writing Workshop at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)  
• Brunch and Lecture: All You Need to Know About Changes in PA Voting at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)  

March 15

• EarthDay Primer: Backyard Tikkun Olam at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)  
• NMAJH’s Lessons of the Soviet Jewry Movement with Natan Sharansky at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia (Canceled)  
• Power of Protest: A Special Evening with Natan Sharansky at NMAJH (Postponed)
• Community Program: Post Purim ‘Palooza at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia (Canceled)  
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Kosher Beach” (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Nrs. G” (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Chained” (Canceled)

March 16

• Honeymoon Israel Happy Hour at Rogues Gallery Bar (Canceled)
• 6000 Editions and Counting: Why Do We Keep Revising the Haggadah? at NMAJH (Canceled)
• Everything I Know About Passover, I Learned from Batman at Katz JCC (Canceled)
• Book Discussion: “Walking Lions” at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Canceled)

March 17

• The LGBTQAI+ Connection at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia (Canceled)
• “Sing Hallelujah” Broadway: A Jewish Legacy at the Kimmel Center (Postponed to Nov. 22)
• Open a Book, Open your Mind with author Jordan Gorfinkel at Har Zion Temple (Canceled)
• Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival Screening: “Resistance” (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “The Other Story” (Canceled)
• Cannabis: it’s Complicated at JFCS (Canceled)
• Discovering the Art WithIn at JFCS (Canceled)

March 18

• TRIP: Resorts Casino & Show with KleinLife (Canceled)
• Getting to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: A Walk Through Jewish Television at Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Canceled)
• Modern Holiday Meals: Pesach Edition at JFCS (Canceled)

March 19

• The Art and Science of Happiness at Any Age with Lillian Rozin at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Love in Suspenders” (Canceled)
• American Education: Defining a Nation with Susan Adler at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Canceled)

March 20

• Active Adult Friday at KleinLife: Center City (Canceled)
• Family Shabbat evening service at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)

March 21

• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Ma’abarot” (Canceled)

• Dinner and a Movie: “Deli Man” at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Postponed)

March 22

• An Evening with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin at Temple Sholom in Broomall (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Aulcie” (Canceled)
• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Flawless” (Canceled)
• HaMotzi community dinner at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)
• Australia Love: Mending Spirit at Tne Healing Sanctuary (Postponed)
• The 3^rd Act: Aging with Grit and Humor at JFCS (Canceled)

March 23

• National Gala for American Friends of Kaplan Medical Center at NMAJH (Canceled)
• Intrigue, Conspiracy and Executions: The Incredible History of the English Monarchy with Herb Kaufman at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)

March 24

• The Changing Face of Religion in America with Rabbi Noam Marans with AJC Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey (Canceled)  
• America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today at Gratz College (Postponed)
• Scandalous!: Changing Morals Over 100 Years with Phyllis Gotkin at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Retirement: Entering the New Phase of Life at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Film Screening: “Seize the Day” at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)
• Discovering the Art WithIn at JFCS (Canceled)

March 25

• 18th Annual Gala at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy (Canceled) 
• Managing Your Medicines with Gerri Kohut at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Yiddish Club at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Movies with a Meaning at JFCS (Canceled)

March 26

• Current Events with Rosalind Holtzman at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Hebrew Club at KleinLife: Montgomery County (Canceled)
• Speaker Series: The Golden Age at KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia (Canceled)
• Knitting with a Mission at JFCS (Canceled)

March 27

• Edna Young Gordon Healthy Brain and Memory Center’s Memory Cafe at Abramson Senior Care (Canceled)  
• Active Adult Friday at KleinLife: Center City (Canceled)
• Shabbat evening service at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)

March 28

• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “Forgiveness” (Canceled)

March 29

• Israeli Film Festival Screening: “The God of the Piano” (Canceled)

March 30

• Barbara Streisand: A Poor Little Girl from Brooklyn with Norman Rubin at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)

March 31

• Short Story Discussion: “The Old System” led by Isaac Kruger at Reform Congregation Keneseth Isreal (Canceled)
• Discovering the Art WithIn at JFCS (Canceled)

April 2

• Women’s Philanthropy of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Pomegranate event at Harvest Season Grill. (Canceled)  

April 6

• 2020 AJC Murray Friedman Memorial Lecture: Speaking Out for the Voiceless with AJC Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey (Canceled)  

April 19

• Meeting for Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of Greater Philadelphia (Canceled)  
• Civility in Uncivil Times:  Lessons from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam at Trinity Episcopal Church (Canceled)  

April 23

• Continuing Legal Education for Attorneys at Gratz College (Postponed)

April 28

• Lecture on Israeli Navy at Gratz College (Postponed)

May 3

• 40th Anniversary Celebration of Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of Greater Philadelphia at NMAJH (Postponed)

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