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In-Person Services at AJ
All services will be conducted in person at AJ. At this time, all services will be available via Zoom. Please continue to register for Friday evening and Saturday morning services by using the link(s) in the first bullet below, or by using the service sign-up form link in the weekly email. Your registration will help us keep the building secure.
Our current COVID-19 guidelines are:
- Pre-register for services by completing the April online registration form or by calling the office at 215.635.6611.
- Use hand sanitizer before entering the sanctuary. Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the building.
- Vaccinations and boosters: While all those eligible to receive COVID vaccinations and boosters are strongly encouraged to do so, vaccination against COVID is no longer a requirement to attend AJ services and events.
- Masking: Currently, the community COVID level in Montgomery County is "Low." As long as the level remains either “Medium” or “Low”, masking will be optional. Should the level become “High,” masking will be mandatory. For current community levels according to the CDC, please click the link below and use the drop-down menu to check for Montgomery County. This link will also be posted in the AJ weekly email.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html
- Anyone who presents with symptoms of possible COVID-19 will not be admitted to the building.
- You can see our updated guidelines here.
PLEASE NOTE: We ask that all attendees of services and events at AJ agree to the following: By attending services or events at AJ, all attendees confirm that you have not tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days.
If you have had COVID or have been exposed to someone with COVID, please use the CDC COVID calculator link below to determine whether you need to isolate or mask. This link will also be in the AJ weekly email.
If you tested positive for COVID, and are not able to utilize the CDC COVID calculator, here are the isolation/masking guidelines:
- You may not come into the AJ building for 5 days following the day you develop symptoms or, in the absence of symptoms, the day you test positive.
- You may come into the AJ building on day 6 following the day you develop symptoms and/or test positive, provided that you are feeling better and have been fever-free for 24 hours. (Per CDC, the day you first have symptoms, or, if you were asymptomatic, the day you test positive is considered day “0”.)
- You must wear a high-filtration (N95/KN95) mask inside the building through day 10 following the day you test positive.
Orange County Community Scholar Program (CSP)
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, dedicated to the Jewish value of learning for its own sake (Torah lishmah), is excited to announce a partnership with the Orange County Community Scholar Program (CSP). As a partner with CSP, we’ll join a small group of synagogues enjoying the best Jewish learning available. AJ has the distinction of being the first Pennsylvania synagogue to partner with CSP. You can see the CSP offerings for the current month here. Please note that times on CSP web pages are Pacific Time unless noted otherwise. If you register and can’t attend, a link will be sent to you after the event to a recording. There is also an archive of classes that you can view here.
Ordination of Hazzan Howard K. Glantz
Thursday, April 20 at 4:00 PM (streaming only)
Hazzan Glantz's Ordination at the Academy for Jewish Religion, Yonkers, NY. The Board of Trustees and Faculty at Academy of Jewish Religion are honored to invite you to join them as they livestream AJR's 2023-5783 Ordination Ceremony and Graduation. To pay tribute to this year's ordinees and honorees and support AJR through their Ordination Journal, click here. Livestream information will be sent in advance of the ceremony. 4:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat with Strings Attached
Friday, April 21 at 6:15 PM (no registration necessary)
Unplug from a busy week with an acoustic Shabbat service led by Hazzan Howard Glantz with familiar tunes that will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. For all ages, from babies to bubbies. Bring your friends for this relaxed, casual, and enjoyable service! Followed by an oneg (lite bites). 6:15 PM
AJ's 2023 Fundraiser (SPEC)
Sunday, April 23 at 7:00 PM
Congregation Adath Jeshurun invites you to AJ’s 2023 Annual Fundraiser as we honor Lana and Bernie Dishler featuring the comedy and storytelling of Ophira Eisenberg. Click here for all of the info!
Sing Hallelujah
Wednesday, April 26
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the State of Israel, Kimmel Cultural Campus presents an Evening of Israeli Music with Sing Hallelujah, featuring singer, songwriter, and humanitarian Noa, as well as choral singers from throughout the Delaware Valley. Cantor David F. Tilman conducts. Hazzan Glantz will perform a duet with Cantor Agar from Beth Sholom that will be sung with the large combined community choir which includes about a dozen AJers. The song is “Ani Noladeti Lashalom” (“I Was Born for Peace”), written to celebrate Israeli peace with Egypt in 1979, by the late Uzi Chitman. To purchase tickets, click here. You can use the promo code "OYRK15" to get 15% off. If you are interested in a bus that will provide round-trip transportation, click here.
