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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) below, or by using the service sign-up form link in the weekly email. Your registration will help us keep the building secure.
Service Sign-up Form for November 2025
Please familiarize yourself with our March 2024 COVID-19/respiratory illness policies. We ask that attendees of services and events at AJ review the policies and agree to them.
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.
Kabbalat Shabbat with Strings Attached
Friday, November 7 at 6:15 PM (at AJ and via Zoom)
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! Then stay for Oneg Shabbat (lite dinner bites and gathering with friends). Please register using the November Service Sign-up Form. 6:15 PM
AJWA Sisterhood Brunch: “Great Moments at the Met”
Sunday, November 9 at 10:00 AM (at AJ)
The Metropolitan Opera is the premier venue for opera in America. We will watch some highlights and discuss some of the great Jewish opera singers who have graced the stage. Cost: $5 per person. (Brunch following minyan; Program at 10:00 AM.) Please register here.
Exploring Judaism
Begins Wednesday, November 12 at 7:30 PM (at AJ and via Zoom)
Do you know anyone who is interested in learning more about Judaism? Rav Shai Cherry will be teaching the "Belonging/History" trimester of this series beginning Wednesday, November 12. For more information, click here.
L'olam: The Torah of Diet (a four-part series)
Four Thursdays: November 13 and 27, December 4 and 11, at 7:30 PM (at AJ and via Zoom)
L’olam will sponsor three weeks of learning related to issues of Torah, food, and diet, followed by a session during which we'll discuss beef consumption at AJ.
November 13: Animal Welfare; November 20: Waste, Disposal, and Human Health; December 4: The Torah of Halakhah; and December 11: Discussion about Beef
Consumption at AJ. The December 11 session will result in a new AJ food policy that will be formally proposed at the following AJ meeting of our Board of Directors (December 15). All sessions will begin at 7:30 PM. To register, click here.
Have You Visited AJ's Community Bulletin Board?
We have launched a new page on our website called "AJ Community Bulletin Board." In blog format, we'll be letting you know about things we think may be of interest to you. You'll find non-AJ events that are happening in the Philadelphia community and beyond, thoughts from Rav Shai, content concerning Israel, etc. Check it out here!

