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purim party 5784Purim is a holiday of subversive joy in the face of a threatening world. Every year it invites us into the discomfort of turning everything upside down, blurring the boundaries of right and wrong, good and evil, to wrestle with our shadow sides. The ongoing devastation and annihilation in Gaza, taking place in our names, makes it even more painful and more necessary that we observe Purim in its fullness. Join us as we make space in our Purim observance for all of it, including a re-written, re-imagined Chapter of Megillat Esther, as part of The Shalom Center's Chapter 9 Project.
In this year's shpiel, Esther-Barbie lives in the Shushan Dream House, where everything is perfect and every day is a Purim party. But when she finds out that there’s more to the Purim story than she knew, she must go on a journey to the Real World to find out the truth. Can she learn to embrace the messiness? KT News
Join us in 5784 for the following Adult Education opportunities!
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Kol Tzedek, a Voice for Justice, is a Reconstructionist synagogue in West Philadelphia. We are a multiracial, intergenerational Jewish community where people are invited to study Torah, ask unanswerable questions, sing on and off key, teach our children, pursue justice, engage actively with our neighborhood, and care for one another.
Together, we are building a spiritually rigorous, joyful refuge deeply grounded in Jewish tradition and practice. We welcome the questioning, the seeking, and the devoted. We dance together in celebration, pray with our whole selves, and support each other in grief. Our spiritual practices nourish and inspire us to make the world more whole.
Together, we are building a spiritually rigorous, joyful refuge deeply grounded in Jewish tradition and practice. We welcome the questioning, the seeking, and the devoted. We dance together in celebration, pray with our whole selves, and support each other in grief. Our spiritual practices nourish and inspire us to make the world more whole.
We gather on the traditional lands of the Lenape and Delaware tribes. As Jews we know the importance of remembering our ancestors and traditions. Many of us have also felt the violence of displacement, diaspora, and colonization. We honor the Indigenous people who lived on and continue to live on and steward this land.